The Messenger

A walking wake-up call arrives in olive drab, trying to locate kindness behind every knock at the wrong door. Will Montgomery and Captain Tony Stone spend days translating grief into official syllables while Montgomery falls into a quiet orbit with a widow who knows the weight of their visits better than either of them. The film finds its pulse when two strangers realize grief can be a language of its own.

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Oren Moverman directed The Messenger in 2009. See Oren Moverman's full filmography, where to start with Oren Moverman, or where to go after you've seen everything by Oren Moverman.

The Messenger was released in 2009 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 113 minutes.