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I just watched this movie last night. It was a really well written story. Stop reading if you don’t want me to spoil it. The majority of the movie takes place during World War II in a small town in Italy where the a all-Black regiment of US military were pushing forward toward the enemy lines. Only a few were able to cross during the battle. The four of them were the main characters. They came upon a young Italian boy who was a survivor of pillaged village by the German forces.

One of the Black soldiers carries around a head of a statue that he thinks gives him good luck. Long story short. Entire village including three of the four soldiers die except for one of them and the young boy. After decades later they meet again.

It was a very religious movie in that in one scene they showed the Americans, the Italians and the Germans all saying the same prayer to God. I thought that was pretty ironic and interesting how they were all still fighting each other.