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I Want to Be a Soldier is a film of genre Drama directed by Christian Molina with Fergus Riordan
I Want to Be a Soldier (2010)
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Add to a movie listI 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.
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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.Actors
Fergus Riordan
(Alex)
Robert Englund
(Psychologist)
Danny Glover
(School Director)
Cassandra Gava
(Art Teacher)
Valeria Marini
(Teacher)
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