"War witch" delivers the story of a young girl who is kidnapped by rebels and is forced to join their fight against the government. The rituals needed to become a child-soldier and the fanaticism to their leader the "Great tiger". The rebels soon realize that there is something special in this little girl.
As an illustration of brutality and the madness of child-soldiering, the movie is a success. We are able to places ourselves in a reality that is very distanced from our own. But I believe the movie achieves no more than that. The film shows very shocking situations and it makes you feel angry and impotent, but so does any other story about child-soldiers.
The movie lacks something else. Something that can widely differentiate it from any other tale of this kind, because there are in fact a lot of movies that deal with this subject.
As an illustration of brutality and the madness of child-soldiering, the movie is a success. We are able to places ourselves in a reality that is very distanced from our own. But I believe the movie achieves no more than that. The film shows very shocking situations and it makes you feel angry and impotent, but so does any other story about child-soldiers.
The movie lacks something else. Something that can widely differentiate it from any other tale of this kind, because there are in fact a lot of movies that deal with this subject.