In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a US Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson in an Oscar nominated performance) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband's death, Will's emotional detachment begins to dissolve. In a stunning directorial debut Over Moverman's The Messenger reveals itself as a surprising and human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.
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