▁more ▁reviews ▁listed . ▁ ▁Jan et ▁Mas lin , ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁said ▁that ▁Mr . ▁Torre ton ▁power fully ▁emb od ies ▁the ▁film ' s ▁central ▁questions ▁of ▁what ▁a ▁f ighter ▁becomes ▁without ▁combat ▁and ▁where ▁the ▁values ▁inher ent ▁in ▁sav age ▁battle ▁may ▁lead . ▁Ken ▁Fox , ▁of ▁TV ▁Guide , ▁said ▁beautiful ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁brut al ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁war ▁films ▁of ▁recent ▁years . ▁Alex ▁Alban ese , ▁of ▁Box ▁Office , ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁is ▁fin ely ▁wr ought — as ▁hard , ▁precise ▁and ▁heart bre aking ▁as ▁its ▁title ▁character . ▁ ▁Awards ▁and ▁nomin ations ▁Ber tr and ▁Ta vern ier ▁won ▁the ▁César ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Director ▁and ▁Ph illi ppe ▁Torre ton ▁won ▁the ▁César ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁A ctor . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁also ▁nominated ▁for ▁six ▁other ▁César ▁Awards ▁including ▁Best ▁Film , ▁Best ▁Writing ▁and ▁Most ▁Prom ising ▁A ctor . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁Film ▁Pres ented ▁at ▁the ▁Tell ur ide ▁Film ▁Festival . ▁ ▁DVD ▁release ▁The ▁DVD ▁is ▁in ▁French ▁with ▁English ▁subt it les , ▁w ides creen , ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁ 2 . 0 - channel ▁PC M ▁audio ▁mix . ▁The ▁only ▁special ▁feature ▁on ▁the ▁DVD ▁is ▁Un ▁Film ▁Sur ▁Ber tr and ▁Ta vern ier , ▁a ▁fifty - four - min ute ▁document ary ▁about ▁the ▁making ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁The ▁release