Follow the Leader (2012)

West Point graduate lieutenant Jeff Knight meets cynicism when taking command of sergeant Michael McNamara's tour veterans platoon in a Vietnamese trench camp. Unlike his predecessor, who hid till the end of his tour, Jeff takes charge, experiences the manual doesn't allow coping with all realities and gets wounded. He returns, now fully respect by men and superiors. Besides the Vietcong, the platoon wrestles with the inscrutable villagers, which the G.I.'s officially protect, but also fear as some collaborate with them, other covertly with the Cong, either way subject to bloody reprisals.

第1次世界大戦終結直前の1918年。敗戦国ドイツに多額の損害賠償金を強いるヴェルサイユ条約の締結のため、アメリカ政府のひとりの高官が、年の離れた若くて美しい妻、そして、金髪を長く伸ばし、まるで少女と見まがうような美しい少年を伴って、フランスへとやって来る。息子の養育を妻にすっかり任せ、父親が国際会議に忙しく飛び回っている間に、少年は、教会への投石など、不可解で反抗的な態度をどんどん募らせていく。