Irwin Winkler, the director who made De-Lovely, has just given a fifty minute peak of his new Iraq War film at Cannes, Home of the Brave. A film that depicts the lives of soldiers in Iraq and how they are affected after an attack on the eve of their returning home leaves them scarred from the horrific results of the reality of war.

Reuters carries some comments from the director after the preview:

"I felt very much that I had to tell a story that was deeper than what you see on TV...When you watch a story on television, or somebody getting shot in a war, you don't know who they are. So I spent time making audiences know who the characters are."

"If we had any political statement to make, it is that everyone is injured by war,"...He told Reuters the U.S. military gave him no support in making the movie. In fact, "they were not very favourably impressed with what we were saying," he said. Winkler looked away, chuckled to himself and added: "They hated it."

"Home of the Brave" opens in a military camp south of Baghdad and introduces audiences to soldiers played by Samuel L. Jackson, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Jessica Biel, among others.

The troops are ambushed during an operation, just days before they are due to go home. Life and limbs are lost, and the men and women find themselves emotionally scarred.

This raises the question once more, is it to early for such a movie? This question is slightly different to those around such films as United 93 or World Trade Center as countries that will be watching this film actually have troops in active duty in Iraq. Perhaps that is even more of a reason for this film to be made, as the reality of what they are facing is made public.