A Bullet in the Head (1990)
January 1, 1990Release Date
A Bullet in the Head (1990)
January 1, 1990Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Kathy Horner
Witch
Andrew Campbell
Young Enemy Soldier
Jan Stychalsky
Old Enemy Soldier
Victoria Sands
Gypsy Woman
Claude Forget
Wagon Driver
Rebecca Posner
Katya
Susan Eyton-Jones
Venna
Laura G. Dumas
Old Woman
Gaelan Mines
Boy With Rope
Gérald Gagnon
Commanding Officer
Éric Parenteau
Dancing Soldier (Roza)
Guy Palabost
Dancing Soldier (Prochey)
Claude Chouinard
Boy Soldier
Attila Bertalan
Director / Writer
Janet Lumb
Original Music Composer
Michel Lamothe
Director of Photography
Details.
Wiki.
A Bullet in the Head (French: Une balle dans la tête) is a 1990 Canadian drama film directed by Attila Bertalan. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.The film centres on a soldier, wounded in war, who is struggling to survive after being trapped behind enemy lines.
The film's dialogue is spoken entirely in an invented language. It was the first film ever selected as Canada's submission to the Academy Award competition for Best Foreign Language Film which was not in French, and one of just four such films overall alongside the later Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Water and Eternal Spring.
Film historian Peter Cowie called it "a nightmarish fairytale about the absurdity and futility of war."