An early scene in Father Soldier Son shows the tearful reunion between a U.S. soldier on leave from serving in Afghanistan and his two young sons.
As they rush into each other's arms at an airport, the onlookers begin applauding. The blissful moment captured in Catrin Einhorn and Leslye Davis' documentary would seem to indicate that it will be a sentimental portrait of a military family.
But the film soon becomes something much more complex. The Netflix documentary originated in 2010 as a New York Times project about a battalion's yearlong deployment.
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