Sentences with phrase «nationality of the dead man»

At a certain point, The Light Between Oceans seems almost single - minded in its pursuit of theme; by the time the nationality of the dead man in the boat is revealed, the film has made clear that we're watching variations on survivor's guilt — the idea that, in war and maybe life in general, staying alive (or emotionally fulfilled) is often a zero - sum game, dependent on choosing your own well - being over that of a stranger.

Not exact matches

The most powerful moment of the prisoner swap — on a snowy Berlin checkpoint in the dead of winter — is neither the anxious wait nor the tension of distrust between the sides but the trust and friendship between the two men, enemies by nationality but friends by chance, in their last meeting.