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Return
Documentary · 2023
RETURN tells the story of a retired Green Beret who embarks on a healing journey from Montana to Vietnam. There he retraces his steps, shares his wartime experiences with his son, treats his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and seeks out the mountain tribespeople he once lived with and fought alongside as a Special Forces officer.
The sides of Return
- A retired Green Beret going back to Vietnam
- A father sharing his war with his son
- The mountain people he fought beside
Return is good for you if…
- you like a true journey from Montana back to Vietnam.
- you like a father finally telling his son about the war.
- you want a veteran's own account of the Vietnam War.
Return is bad for you if…
- you can't take wartime trauma and PTSD on screen.
- you want combat, and this is about healing.
About: healing · memory · fatherhood · war
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