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The Stopover

Play trailer Poster for The Stopover 2016,  1h 42m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 56% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 56% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of decompression leave with their unit at a five-star resort in Cyprus, but it's not that easy to forget the war and leave it behind.

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Guy Lodge Variety Feb 27, 2017
As cuttingly observed as it is pristinely composed. Go to Full Review
Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter Feb 27, 2017
Tense as a climber's rope as it descends incrementally to a disturbing climax, luminously lensed by Jean-Louis Vialard, and packed with piercing performances from the ensemble cast, this is a cracking good film. Go to Full Review
Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site Feb 22, 2021
Delphine and Muriel Coulin's The Stopover (Voir du pays), a fiction film [deals] with a French unit of young soldiers given three days of "decompression leave" after a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Go to Full Review
Daniel de Partearroyo Cinemanía (Spain) Sep 12, 2017
3/5
A haven of peace turned into a pressure cooker where accumulated tensions bubble. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Jun 30, 2017
B
The Coulins use virtual reality in lieu of flashbacks and these early scenes are a bit surreal, almost an inverse "Manchurian" hypnosis. Go to Full Review
Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Mar 2, 2017
3/5
A look into the emotional fireworks that emerge when a band of stressed out soldiers from Afghanistan arrive for some R & R in Cyprus. Go to Full Review
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Kylo R May 4, 2017 A raw, serious, eye-opening drama about returning French soldiers. Full review:>> http://bit.ly/2qEiCIs
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Cast & Crew

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Delphine Coulin

Director

Muriel Coulin

Director

Soko

Marine

Ariane Labed

Aurore

Ginger Romàn

Fanny

Karim Leklou

Max

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The Stopover

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Movie Info

Synopsis At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of decompression leave with their unit at a five-star resort in Cyprus, but it's not that easy to forget the war and leave it behind.
Director
Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
Producer
Denis Freyd
Screenwriter
Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
Production Co
arte France Cinéma, Blonde Audiovisual Productions, Archipel 35
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 5, 2017
Runtime
1h 42m
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