I'm not the Enemy

Bjørn Melhus

IndieLisboa 2012 •

Germany, Fiction, 2011, 14'′

Appropriating dialogues from Hollywood movies that deal with the legacy of the Vietnam War and firmly implanting them amongst quiet German suburbs, I’m Not the Enemy cuts open the ways in which a society engaged in war deals with the guilt of problematic returns. How is the war veteran ever to find any degree of acceptance?