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The horrors of a futile conflict which wiped out millions in WWI are captured to devastating effect in Journey's End, says MARIA DUARTE
Nuannced: Sam Claflin in Jourmey's End

Journey's End (12A)

Directed by Saul Dibb

 

THIS tense and claustrophobic film, an adaptation of RC Sheriff's 1928 play and novel, dispels all heroic or romanticised notions about warfare.

 

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