THE SOLDIER
THE SOLDIER is the debut documentary film of Nikolaj Møller, which takes us deep into the amazon jungle telling an intimate story about Danish war veteran, Henrik, who after his second
deployment in Afghanistan returns to Denmark with post traumatic stress syndrome.
After various failed treatment attempts, he moves deep into the Amazon jungle trying to cure
himself with plant medicine, including the world’s most halogenic drink, Ayahuasca.
The film follows Henrik’s fight in the jungle throughout three years and gives us a unique close
up on a broken human being. A man let down by the same society he tried to protect. On a
journey that doesn’t cure him the way he had hoped. And out in the jungle, he still wears his
uniform with the Danish flag on his shoulder.
– Press text.
Festivals:
CPH:DOX 2021. Danish Dox Award nominee, NEXT:WAVE Award nominee
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2021. Official Selection
Docville 2022. Jury Award nominee
fARAD Film Festival 2021
Four scenes from the film: