G.I. Jesús, directed by Carl Colpaert, is the second anti-war film about Iraq. The movie focuses on Jesús Feliciano (played by Joe Arquette), who returns home to a trailer park outside Los Angeles from a tour of duty in Iraq with one month of leave before redeployment. He suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome, as illustrated by flashbacks to his service in Iraq as well as conversations with Mohammed (played by Maurizio Farhad), an imaginary Iraqi. The conversations, observed by his daughter Marina (played by Telana Lynum) and his spouse Claudia (played by Patrícia Mota), make clear that Jesús harbors a lot of guilt for killing the innocent spouse and child of an innocent Iraqi physician. Meanwhile, he learns that Claudia has been carrying on with Sean (played by Mark Cameron Wystrach); unknown to Jesús, Sean actually proposes to Claudia, who declines the offer to relocate from the trailer park to an upscale Brentwood home. Jesús also dreams that he receives $10,000 in cash from a general who recruits him for a secret CIA operation in South America that is scheduled to leave in two, not four, weeks. His wife’s infidelity, redeployment that might imperil his marriage, his nightmares, and imaginary people finally get to Jesús. Although promised American citizenship for his enlistment in the Marines as a Mexican national, the pressure is obviously too onerous, and his ultimate solution to the problem is the only one feasible. G.I. Jesús can serve as a paradigm for many American soldiers who return home from the quagmire in Iraq. MHlm exposé of 2007 as well as best film to demonstrate the need for peaceful methods for resolving conflicts. MH
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