Trailer for Deserter
After signing away the next 5 years of his life to the French Foreign Legion Simon Murray (Paul Fox) finds himself along with other new recruits sent to a training base in Algeria where he gets to know French-Algerian Pascal Dupont (Tom Hardy). Whilst very different the two bond as they work their way through the brutal and unrelenting training where only the toughest survive with Simon standing out as someone who unselfishly helps other recruits as they struggle. But as they complete their training and begin active service Simon finds himself torn to where his loyalties lie as he tries to grasp the argument from all sides, the French who own Algeria, the Algerians with their beautiful buildings wanting Independence, the French born Algerians who want it to stay French and of course the job of the Legionnaires especially when it appears they are going to be part of an attempted coup. ... Read Review
