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War Story
War Story
	Film poster
Directed by	Mark Jackson
Written by	Mark Jackson; Kristin Gore
Produced by	Catherine Keener; Kristin Gore; Matt Ratner; Shona Tuckman
Starring	Catherine Keener; Ben Kingsley; Hafsia Herzi
Cinematography	Reed Morano
Edited by	Kate Abernathy
Music by	Amy Lee; Dave Eggar; Chuck Palmer
Production; companies	Caney Fork Films; Kreate Films; Sicily Movie; Tilted Windmill Productions
Release date	January 19, 2014 (Sundance);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

War Story is a 2014 American drama film directed by Mark Jackson from a screenplay by Jackson and Kristin Gore. It stars Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi and Ben Kingsley. The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014,^[1] and later screened at 2014 International Film Festival Rotterdam.^[2] Its music was composed by Amy Lee, Dave Eggar, and Chuck Palmer.

Premise

A war photographer, Lee goes to Sicily instead of going back home to New York City, to forget about being taken hostage in Libya. In Sicily, she crosses paths with her former lover and mentor Albert and tries to help Hafsia, a young Tunisian migrant, escape to France.

Cast

Catherine Keener as Lee
Hafsia Herzi as Hafsia
Ben Kingsley as Albert
Donatella Finocchiaro as Daria
Vincenzo Amato as Filippo

Music

Music for the film was composed by Amy Lee of rock band Evanescence, and Dave Eggar. The soundtrack album was released on August 25, 2014.

Reception

War Story received a mixed to negative response from critics, with a 47% rating on rotten tomatoes. Todd McCarthy in his review for The Hollywood Reporter praised the film, calling it "A compelling, beautifully filmed character study of a war zone photographer in personal turmoil."^[3] Mark Adams of Screen International praised the film by saying that it is "A dense and taut drama, a study on post-traumatic stress disorder that at its best is strikingly tense and heavy with sadness."^[4] Chris Michael in his review for The Guardian, gave the film three out of five stars and said that "Catherine Keener exudes dark anxiety in Mark Jackson's tale of the European immigrant experience."^[5] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 50 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[6]