The Messenger

The Messenger

6.8IMDb Score
Released:2009-11-13
Duration:113 min
Director:Oren Moverman
Actors:Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Samantha Morton
Production:Oscilloscope

Overview:

Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.

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