Armadillo

Story

In February 2009 two Danish soldiers, Mads and Daniel, accompanied by documentary filmmaker Janus Metz arrived at Armadillo, an army base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Metz and cameraman Lars Skree spent six months following the lives of the young soldiers situated less than a kilometer away from Taliban positions. The outcome of their work is a gripping and highly authentic war drama that was justly awarded the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique at this year’s Cannes film festival. But it also provoked furious debate in Denmark concerning the controversial behavior of certain Danish soldiers.

Director

Janus Metz Pedersen (*1974) is a wellknown director for feature films. This is his firstdocumentary.

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