Director
Christopher Nolan
Leading Actors/Actresses
Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Tom Hardy, Barry Keoghan, Harry Styles
Genre
Drama, Action, History
Language
English
Awards
Nominated for 8 Academy Awards, it won for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Film Editing
Date of Release
July 13, 2017
Producer
Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
Setting and Context
The action takes place both in England and in Dunkirk, a city in France during the Second World War
Narrator and Point of View
The events are presented from a third person omniscient point of view.
Tone and Mood
Tragic, violent, suspenseful, moving, suspenseful, dramatic
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonists are the British soldiers and the antagonists are the German soldiers.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is a political one and it is represented by the war between the Allied Forces and the German troops. More particularly, the conflict is the question of how to evacuate British and French troops from the beaches at Dunkirk with limited resources.
Climax
The film reaches its climax when the civilian boats reach Dunkirk and began evacuating the soldiers stranded on the beach.
Foreshadowing
Farrier running low on fuel foreshadows his ultimate demise. The fact that Alex is skeptical of Gibson foreshadows Gibson's death.
Understatement
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
In this film in particular, Christopher Nolan is praised for the techniques used during the aerial shots, techniques considered to be innovative. Christopher Nolan refused to use CGI as other directors would have chosen to do and instead used real planes and then enhanced the scenes in post-production.
Allusions
Paradox
The Prime Minister made it clear that one of his main goals is to save as many soldiers from Dunkirk as possible. However, he was not willing to risk any of his destroyers or planes to save them.
