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  • 2016
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 5 m
  • 2016
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 5 m
Fort Buchanan

Summary When his husband Frank is sent on a mission to Djibouti, Roger remains behind with his adopted daughter, the temperamental Roxy, at Fort Buchanan, a remote base in the middle of the woods. Over the course of the four seasons he seeks advice, company and consolation from a middle-aged woman, three pretty wives abandoned by their husbands,...

Written By: Benjamin Crotty

  • 2016
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 5 m
  • 2016
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 5 m

Fort Buchanan

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary When his husband Frank is sent on a mission to Djibouti, Roger remains behind with his adopted daughter, the temperamental Roxy, at Fort Buchanan, a remote base in the middle of the woods. Over the course of the four seasons he seeks advice, company and consolation from a middle-aged woman, three pretty wives abandoned by their husbands,...

Written By: Benjamin Crotty

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90
Feb 5, 2016
If, at barely more than an hour, the movie initially seems slight, its inconsequentiality might be better viewed as polemical.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
90
Feb 4, 2016
It's squirrelly, surprising, and elusive, but this beaut of a debut is no curio.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 1, 2016
Benjamin Crotty's film is content to drift free-associatively through the intricacies of group mechanics via an expressive free-form structure.
By Jesse Cataldo FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 4, 2016
It may never be quite solid enough for us to be truly worried about its inhabitants' happiness, but watching them pursue that happiness is a uniquely diverting experience.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 4, 2016
It’s an easy, sometimes amusing watch, but also an unfulfilling one, as if Crotty needed another hour to make his characters memorable rather than relying on sheer star power.
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Production Company Les Films du Bal, Godolphin Films, My New Picture, Le vent des forêts, France Télévisions, Région Lorraine, CNAP, Centre d'Art Contemporain de Genève
Release Date Feb 5, 2016
Duration 1 h 5 m
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Awards

Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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