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4	''Father & Soldier'' (French: ''Tirailleurs'') is a 2023 French-Senegalese drama film directed by Mathieu Vadepied, starring Creator/OmarSy (also credited as one of the producers).
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6	Bakary Diallo and his son Thierno are farmers who live in the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire French colony]] of UsefulNotes/{{Senegal}} as UsefulNotes/WorldWarI happens. In 1917, Thierno is drafted by the [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades French military]]. Bakary also joins the army in order to help him escape, but that fails and they end up fighting in North-Eastern France as part of a colonial force called the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegalese_Tirailleurs senegalese tirailleurs]][[note]]an umbrella term for all the black French colonial forces, not necessarily from Senegal[[/note]].
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8	Most of the film’s dialogue is in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_language Fula]], a native language of [[UsefulNotes/{{Africa}} Western Africa]].
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10	Not to be confused with ''Film/FatherOfASoldier''.
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12	!!This film provides examples of:
13	* BlatantLies: Bakary Diallo claims to be 30[[note]]the actor was 44[[/note]] in order to join the army. The recruiter seems happy to believe that.
14	* LanguageBarrier: Bakary only speaks a Fula language (called Peul in the French subs) which is only spoken by a few people in the army. Thierno also speaks French.
15	* StartsWithTheirFuneral: The film starts in 1920, as white soldiers dig some dirt and find an unknown soldier's bones.
16	* WarIsHell: Conscription in the early film is quite brutal and an obvious consequence of colonisation. Zig Zagged as Thierno seems to later enjoy fighting.
17	* WarMemorial: The film ends with a view of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Paris. Said unknown soldier's body is suggested to be [[spoiler: Bakary Diallo's]] (and therefore from Africa).

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