The War

Year: 1994

Runtime: 126 mins

Language: English

Director: Jon Avnet

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Set in the Deep South of the 1970s, the film follows a young boy whose father, a Vietnam‑war veteran, returns home haunted by post‑traumatic stress disorder. As the boy faces relentless neighborhood bullies, he must grapple with his father's hidden trauma while coming of age in a turbulent era.

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