: Haunted by nightmares of his chief tormentor, "The Bird," Zamperini descends into deep depression and chronic alcoholism, attempting to "self-medicate" his way to sleep.
Picking up in 1945, the film portrays the reality of life for a returning war hero who is anything but fine. Zamperini, played here by , suffers from severe, undiagnosed PTSD (then simply known as "battle fatigue").
The 2018 film serves as the "spiritual successor" to Angelina Jolie’s 2014 blockbuster Unbroken . While the original focused on Olympian Louis Zamperini’s survival at sea and in Japanese POW camps, this sequel explores the grueling battle he faced after returning home: the war within himself. The True Story: From Hero to Rock Bottom
: Haunted by nightmares of his chief tormentor, "The Bird," Zamperini descends into deep depression and chronic alcoholism, attempting to "self-medicate" his way to sleep.
Picking up in 1945, the film portrays the reality of life for a returning war hero who is anything but fine. Zamperini, played here by , suffers from severe, undiagnosed PTSD (then simply known as "battle fatigue").
The 2018 film serves as the "spiritual successor" to Angelina Jolie’s 2014 blockbuster Unbroken . While the original focused on Olympian Louis Zamperini’s survival at sea and in Japanese POW camps, this sequel explores the grueling battle he faced after returning home: the war within himself. The True Story: From Hero to Rock Bottom