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6th April 1917

A man is sleeping next to him on the grass — BLAKE, 19, youthful, strapping.

Every scene in 1917 is a little masterpiece

It is very characteristic how the introductory scene is one where boys don't say a word to each other, but how eloquent their facial expressions are:

Will listens to Sanders’s “Pick a man, bring your kit” with somewhat distant, gloomy interest; then turns away and closes his eyes, as if: "No, no, it's not me. I'm having a nap, you cannot disturb it, find someone other".

Tom watches him super intently, and we know that Will’s chances to be not included are close to zero: "No, it's you, man, it is decided; you cannot escape it".

Blake is brave brilliant enthusiasm himself, which is very admirable; Sco knows from the beginning what it's going to be, and that his eyes closed don't make him invisible.

1917 (2019), dir. Sam Mendes. Screenplay by Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns

The road must be trod ... And neither strenght nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong

Dean-Charles Chapman as Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical (2009 - 2011)