Name: Soldier Bee
Director: Alex Hardy
Released: 2017-01-05
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Shauna Macdonald, Jamie Laird, George Newton, Katrina Ann Foster

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Soldier Bee (2017)

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Jodie Baxter is a Captain returned home from Afghanistan after being injured in a rigged booby trap that has left her scarred both physically and on a deep psychological level. She struggles to reconnect with her husband on a sexual and emotional accord and begins to realise the distance between herself and her child as her daughter hides pivotal moments of puberty that a mother should be there to support. In the middle of moving out of their Service Family Accommodation, Jodie escapes to her one place of solace, a hotel where she resides to be free and remember the past. It is there she notices and becomes obsessed with a couple, an abusive older man and a young prostitute who he humiliates and debases. Following them back to their room, Jodie enters into the situation and it is through an extreme act of violence, lust and in her eyes 'protection' she has a revelation concerning what she has experienced and what has been haunting her deep within her cognisance.

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Soldier Bee, directed by Alex Hardy in 2017, offers a gripping, character-driven exploration of the challenges faced by a returning soldier, featuring a standout performance by Shauna Macdonald as the traumatized protagonist struggling to reconnect with her family and confront her past.

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The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the red coats of early British soldiers, hence the common name. They are also known commonly as leatherwings because of their soft elytra.