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![The Sorrow and the Pity poster](/thumbs/img/posters/300xauto/sorrow-pity.webp)
War documentaries are a dime a dozen, the longer they are the more critical acclaim they seem to garner. I knew what I was getting myself into in other words. The Sorrow and the Pity certainly isn't the worst of them, as it doesn't focus so much on the fighting. Instead, it hones in on how people coped with the everyday reality of occupation. The thing is that 4+ hours is quite long and it does get pretty repetitive after a while. There are a lot of people talking and talking and talking, making similar points with different stories. A shortened version would've been a lot better for me, but I'll say that it ended up being better than expected. Read all