Of Men and War
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| Directed by | Laurent Bécue-Renard |
| Written by | Laurent Bécue-Renard |
| Produced by | Laurent Bécue-Renard Isidore Bethel Heinz Dill Elisabeth Garbar Thierry Garrel |
| Cinematography | Camille Cottagnoud |
| Edited by | Isidore Bethel Charlotte Boigeol Sophie Brunet |
| Music by | Kudsi Erguner |
Production companies | Alice Films Télévision Suisse Romande |
| Distributed by | Why Not Productions Alice Films |
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Running time | 142 minutes |
| Countries | France Switzerland |
| Language | English |
Of Men and War (French: Des hommes et de la guerre) is a 2014 documentary film by Laurent Bécue-Renard. It explores the psychological legacy of war on a group of American veterans returning from conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The men are undergoing trauma therapy at The Pathway Home, a residential treatment program on the grounds of the Veterans Home in Yountville, CA until 2018. Over the course of five years, they participate in group therapy and one-on-one sessions and gradually transform their trauma into narratives of survival before returning home to their wives, children, and parents. The film premiered in the Special Screenings section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the 2014 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. It received a European Film Award for Best Documentary nomination at the 27th European Film Awards and screened at the Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight.
The Pathway Home suspended its operations indefinitely and placed its patients in other programs after a gunman killed three staff members in a 2018 murder-suicide.