Sound of the Somme

A very intense and emotional film! Not a film in which the hero survives everything, but a film in which the hero leaves you with questions at the end.

When you watch the film, you follow the soldiers during their desperation in the attack, the change from structure to chaos. The emotions they carry and have to endure. As a climax, we visited the place in the Somme where the battle took place and where Richardson is buried. It was the last step we had to take to commemorate them.

A short film about a bagpiper during a horrifying battle. I like the fresh take on the WOI war genre. Great acting, visuals and production value.

It would have been nice if the duration of the short film had lasted a little bit longer. Some supporting characters could use some extra attention. But a short is a short ofcourse, and the director probably had to make choices to make such a ambitious project a reality.