The feature film debut of writer and documentary maker Paul Greengrass.
This was a time in the 1980s when the British film industry consisted of output from Channel 4 films.
Resurrected starts with a memorial service of soldier Kevin Deakin (David Thewlis) thought to have perished in the Falklands war.
Several weeks later Kevin Deakin shows up in a farmhouse in Falklands with no memory as to what happened. He does not know that the war has ended.
Although his parents are elated, others especially his fellow soldiers have doubts about him. That Kevin was a coward and run away from battle.
With Tom Bell and Rita Tushingham playing Kevin's parents. There are nods to the kitchen sink dramas of the 1960s.
This is a small scale and a low budget film. It deals with the trauma of war. Being scared of going into battle.
When the film was released, Britain had found newfound confidence with the Falklands war. There was still a messy conflict in Northern Ireland.
As movies such as Tumbledown had shown. The mainstream press and the top army brass were simply not going to acknowledge issues such as PTSD, never mind army bullying.
There is a nuanced performance from Thewlis. The movie is vague as to what actually happened to Kevin in the Falklands.
As Paul Greengrass was a lefty who had co-written the banned in the UK book, Spycatcher. The movie was poorly received by some critics at the time.
This was a time in the 1980s when the British film industry consisted of output from Channel 4 films.
Resurrected starts with a memorial service of soldier Kevin Deakin (David Thewlis) thought to have perished in the Falklands war.
Several weeks later Kevin Deakin shows up in a farmhouse in Falklands with no memory as to what happened. He does not know that the war has ended.
Although his parents are elated, others especially his fellow soldiers have doubts about him. That Kevin was a coward and run away from battle.
With Tom Bell and Rita Tushingham playing Kevin's parents. There are nods to the kitchen sink dramas of the 1960s.
This is a small scale and a low budget film. It deals with the trauma of war. Being scared of going into battle.
When the film was released, Britain had found newfound confidence with the Falklands war. There was still a messy conflict in Northern Ireland.
As movies such as Tumbledown had shown. The mainstream press and the top army brass were simply not going to acknowledge issues such as PTSD, never mind army bullying.
There is a nuanced performance from Thewlis. The movie is vague as to what actually happened to Kevin in the Falklands.
As Paul Greengrass was a lefty who had co-written the banned in the UK book, Spycatcher. The movie was poorly received by some critics at the time.