I Want to Be a Soldier

Spanish film by Christian Molina
  • Fergus Riordan
  • Ben Temple
  • Danny Glover
  • Robert Englund
CinematographyJuan Carlos LausínEdited byAlberto de ToroMusic byFederico JusidDistributed byCanónigo Films
Stars Pictures
Trees Pictures
Black Flag Cinema
Release date
  • October 2010 (2010-10)
Running time
88 minutesCountrySpainLanguageEnglish

I Want to Be a Soldier is a drama film released in Spain and at the Rome Film Festival in 2010. It is the fourth feature film of director Christian Molina.[1][2][3]

Plot

Alex, a 10-year-old child, develops an unhealthy obsession with morbid imagery, which marks him asocial. Unable to befriend his peers, he creates an imaginary friend and role model, whom he names Astronaut Captain Harry. Upon the birth of his twin baby brothers, Alex feels more neglected than usual. He emotionally extorts his father into buying him a TV for his room, and starts spending hours watching violent programmes. As his antisocial behavior deepens, he also takes on a new imaginary friend, Sergeant John Cluster who will teach him how to realize his new dream of being a great soldier.

Cast

  • Fergus Riordan as Alex
  • Ben Temple as Astronaut Captain Harry / Sergeant John Cluster
  • Andrew Tarbet as Father
  • Jo Kelly as Mother
  • Valeria Marini as Teacher
  • Cassandra Gava
  • Josephine Barnes
  • Robert Englund as Psychiatrist
  • Danny Glover as The Principal

References

  1. ^ Holland, Jonathan (November 7, 2011). "I Want to Be a Soldier". Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ^ "I Want To Be a Soldier risks under-14 ban in Italian cinemas". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. ^ "I Want to Be a Soldier - De mayor quiero ser soldado (2010) recensie". cinemagazine.nl. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

External links

  • Official website
  • I Want to Be a Soldier at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • I Want to Be a Soldier at Rotten Tomatoes


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