Directed by:
Pierre SchoendoerfferScreenplay:
Pierre SchoendoerfferCinematography:
Raoul CoutardComposer:
Pierre JansenVOD (1)
Plots(1)
In 1954 Vietnam, a young lieutenant and a World War II veteran lead a retreating French platoon and find Viet Minh soldiers hot on their trail. (Netflix)
Reviews (2)
After the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, a platoon of soldiers find themselves on the retreat in the inhospitable jungle of the Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian borderlands, while Vietnamese troops getting dangerously hot on their heels. A well-written and very uncomfortable war drama underscoring the French trauma of the Indochina War with a classic battle of ideas between a naive young soldier (Jacques Perrin) and a seasoned cynical veteran played by the always brilliant Bruno Cremer. ()
The best thing about The 317th Platoon is the fact that it is essentially shot as a pseudo-documentary. This fact gives it an unpleasant vividness and rawness, manifesting in a way that you truly feel nothing is staged. There are scenes that can pull you in, and you fear you might catch a bullet too. ()