Tin Soldiers
A group of young UN soldiers in Lebanon enters service with pro-Israeli views and a naive outlook on war. They go through a radical change of heart as they witness and film the Qana massacre. They secure video evidence indicating that Israel deliberately bombed a UN camp killing 106 refugees.
Through UN-soldier Gunnar Brandsdal's video diary, we follow the Force Mobile Reserve camp in Southern Lebanon in 1996. The diary shows a military service that more reminds of a holiday in the sun with parties and drinking, a Norwegian version of M*A*S*H. But soon the gravity picks up and the laughter get's stuck in their throats.
On the 8th of April, the Israelian army bombs the nearby Fiji headquarters, a UN camp that hosts more than 500 Palestinian refugees. Close by, the Norwegian soldiers witness it all. They are sent out on a rescue operation, to find survivers among all the dead.
Afterwards the Israelian army claims the bombing was a accident, but Gunnar Brandsdal's video recording shows something else.
In TIN SOLDIERS we meet three Norwegian soldiers who were serving in the UN forces in Lebanon when the bombing occured. They feel the incident is about to be forgotten, without anyone being charged for the bombing.
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