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  • (Nice song, sums up the movie pretty well.)

    To my mind it was an odd decision to shoot this film basing on such a loose adaptation. The book and the movie are black and white. Both manage to wreck emotionally, but in quite a different way. This movie is too perfect, you know, portraying such a strong mature bond, but the novel is kinda more realistic. Actually, it hurts watching this after reading the book because this have never happened in the original.

  • @hellojeyjey

    Hello. I was thinking about ordering the book and would like to hear your opinion. Would you recommend it? I really liked the movie but it does seems really unrealistic. In the book, are the boy and the soldier really in love or do they just have a strong bond friendship? Thank you.

  • @TPAHOTI

    Really sorry to disappoint you, but in the book there's neither 'love' nor 'a strong bond friendship' type of relationship. The main character is portrayed as a less lively, lost boy, and the soldier - as a not quite responsible for his action young man. There're no really warm feelings between them, and sometimes it seems that they don't have anything to share.

    Yet I din't think the book will be the waste of your time. It is more realistic and detailed in descriptions.

  • @hellojeyjey

    Its was very nice of you to reply. I will probably get the book. Do you know the guy that wrote the book JUST died? I found out by accident after watching this movie. I don't get why they would make this drama that is so far from the book. I don't get the point of making up this love story between a young boy and a soldier. To show that love has no boundaries? I think its a little absurd. Itd be different if it was real. you know? anyway thanks!

  • Just because a kid is "in love" with the adult does not make it acceptable or right to have sex with the kid whether or not the kid consents to it.

    That being said, I actually really found the movie to be told in a very honest manner and not in any way promoting nor demonizing the relationship and I respect that. Stories should be told honestly no matter what the subject matter is about.

  • where can i watch this movie?

  • emotional,... always return with watery eyes...

    don't see it in a sexual way!

    love the song sticked on the video of this movie!

  • is'nt that illegal???

  • The book is available in English?

  • as much as we all enjoy the story and the beauty of the autobiographical film we should not forget the fact that Walt neglected to have the courage to inform poor Jeuron of his leaving. as an adult he knew full well his actions and their consequences. Walt knew that Jeuron was attached, that he loved him, and after claiming to care for him in the end he proved himself uncaring and almost like an antagonist. it's not even a breakup, just abondement without any closer.

  • love works in different ways good luck i like this vid :)

  • The book was like $400 when I wanted to read it years ago - is it available reasonably now??

  • @stillwaterguy04 -----Still expensive. I bought it on Amazon for £320.-Thats UK money.

  • I love the pairing of this song with this movie !! This movie just gets me every time I get reminded of it - it's about lost youth as much as anything. Many won't understand it, but that doesn't make it any less special for those of us who do.

  • This is what I remain a virgin for .....true love will come .. ...it's love that counts and not sexual urges that anyone could use against you to take away your virginity without having any real feelings towards you ....this is how I've felt since I was younger and I'm 18 now ....hm.....time flys......

  • I almost never call a movie beautiful, but that's the only thing that comes to mind when I think of their relationship. While the incorporation of ballet in this film was rather weak in my opinion, the journey of the boy's life was great. A movie for the open-minded and progressive, but not so much for a conservative, again, in my opinion.

  • @mak3myda3 Yeah , Wow...this movie clip just shot an arrow through my heart ... in a good and sad way .... I haven't seen the movie and I love this song .... this is what gay nymphomaniacs prevent society from seeing ..true love ... not just wild animal sex .... ughh ...

  • what movie is this and what is it about?

  • @eternallygrounded the film is called 'for a lost soldier'' and its a true story about a relationship between a canadian soldier based in holland in ww2 and an adolecent boy.

  • @hargohargo2 ah ok. thanks

  • @rob251149, I for one do respect the law. It is the gift of great minds across the centuries and around the globe. Laws exist so that everyone may live happy, contented lives but if laws fail to achieve their purpose or make things worse in some way, then I think that we owe it to previous generations to change those laws so that everyone may have the chance of happiness and security.

  • whr can i load full movie ?

  • NICE VIDEO

  • wut is this movie called does anyone know please please i need to know i love this movie

  • @denjen010 'Voor een verloren soldaat (For A Lost Soldier).

  • @denjen010 for a lost soldier

  • at the end he was looking for land mines,some things are hard to forget.

  • I had a piece of pederasty myself and I must say there is nothing quite like it. To me it is associated with intense feelings of security, comfort and affection.

  • Sweet video, wish I could have had someone to be that close to when I was young.

  • I love it!

  • @blokelad11 what movie is this?

  • Very nice movie ,wished I was the young boy..

  • i wonder whatever happened to the young actor

  • @gridergirl His name is Maarten Smit, he's about 30 now. There's a film short right here on you tube that was made in 2007. Its called Waterland and it stars Maarten/Jeroen. He really looks alot like he did when he was young. You'll like it. Just put that title in; Waterland...Marten Smit.

  • ehhh supporting pedophile no thanks

  • So touching. Brings back many wonderful memories....

  • What are we becoming people? This is mostly a great story but the soldier simply crossed the line by allowing the relationship to become sexual. The tenderness, transparency, public closeness and even the nakedness are all touching and fine but the older guy's responsibility is to protect the child - not use the child. If it was really love, the soldier would have played the part of a dad and faithfully waited for the boy. You have to stop before sex. If you can't, then leave children alone.

  • @67AFP... I jsust want to say If agree with you 100%..there is a line and a limit. an it is not to be crossed.. thank you for stepping up and speaking out.

  • @67AFP Try to see it from the point of the view of the man who wrote the book about events from his boyhood. Or even try to see it from the point of view of a young boy whose sexual orientation is not like yours. That will take a great deal of intellectual effort. Are you up to it? Few people are up to it intellectuallty. Those who are are indeed privileged and rare as is genius.

    Aled

  • @67AFP This perhaps the last of society's proscriptions. AntiSemitism, antiChristianity and anti-religion and anti-ethnicities of all kinds are on their way out except for members of a few Nazi leaning groups such as the Skinheads in the UK. As the world ages and we with it, we will reach a state of grace and hostility to "the other" will be a sad memory.

    Aled

  • Do they kiss n the movie?

  • I remember seeing this film years ago....it was so fine.

  • i think it sweet

  • So ein schöner Junge!!!!!!!!

  • vermisse dich, mein suesser junge.

  • Pederastry? I don't care. As long as their love for each other is true. Age doesn't matter. I love this film! I'm ordering the book now.

  • @reasonableskeptic I like your comment!

  • @reasonableskeptic I don't think it's pederasty either. I feel like it's just two people in love when I watch this movie. Although I do feel really bad for the boy... you don't know if the soldier was just using him or not. I like to believe the happy ending (ish) more than if he was actually using the boy.

  • Is the movie called "Traveling Soldier"? I want to see it.

  • No, Tarveling Soldier is the name of the music. The movie is called For a Lost Soldier. =D

  • @jpeborges Thank you. I'm still trying to find it. Movie stores to have it.

  • I have just watched the whole movie and I really adored the scene at 4:20 . I liked the whole movie.

    Yesterday I also read the book...which slightly disturbed me here and there. I prefer the movie. (:

  • Finally watched the whole film tonight. The subject matter is difficult. An adult taking advantage of a child this way is just wrong. However the love of the boy for the soldier seems so touching in the way it's presented.I was not much older than this boy when I experienced a similar "romance" for over a year. Came home from camp to find he moved away, and never heard from him again. This movie should remind us that the heart of a child is precious and should be treated with care and respect.

  • i lke this it good

  • wat happens in the end?

  • In the film, the boy was portrayed as 12 years old. I'm looking at the DVD case and it states 12 year old boy finds ..... first love with a Canadian soldier. I hope this put the age speculation to rest. The book may be different but films do not have to follow precisely the book they are based on.

  • me parecio inocente la relacion cuantos hombres gay grandes que no tuvieron suerte en el amor con esto quiero decir que la edad no interesa si hay amor pero eso si de relaciones me parece mal ,ambos podian esperar y ahi entra si la madures que hay que tener para decir por ahora no relaciones.

  • I have to comment the movie....Ok i watched i twise,story and movie story is GREAT,i understand that younger boy founded something in that older man,he liked him and all,but i think that soldier has over reacted when he beaten him in the bed :),scene is good but a bit inapropriete....it could be something less sexual..cus hes still a young boy....and then he left,boy was then like a hooker,fucked and left.....that was stypid...

  • @andrewvandecamp: It wasn't stupid at all...it was autobiographical. And the ending was sad but you shouldn't post spoilers. Not everyone has seen it yet. But I do agree with you that the story and move are great. I wish more people would actually see the film before writing bad things about it.

  • This was a really cute video. Is the book by the same name? I'd like to read it.

    I agree that it's totally normal for a really young boy to be in love with an older guy, but just wondering...how old are the two characters supposed to be in the book?

    Because as much as I think gay = awesome, if the boy was way way way too young for that sort of thing then it becomes a bit inappropriate.

    Cute as hell though, good job on the video :)

  • The book was originally calles 'voor een verloren soldaat' It's in dutch though I believe it's been translated into english as 'for a lost soldier'. I'm not sure though, I read it in dutch so yeah XD He was very young, but it's autobiographical, so the writer really would've been that young.

  • um the soldier is supposed to be in his early 20's and the boy is 12 or 13.

  • Yea I bought the book on ebay for £125.Expensive,but worth it.Much more in the book.--The boy was 13,the older was 18,so not much of a difference,not for those times anyway.

    He explains it much better in the book.

    It's expensive because it's out of print now.

  • Just finished reading the book. I found it difficult to get into the style in which it's written. I don't know if any of the real context of the events have been lost in the translation from its original Dutch to the English edition. But it's an amazing read, I just couldn't put down. It's a sweet & innocent retelling of a 12 year old boys first sexual experiences. The confusion , fear and at times curiosity, he experiences towards this soldier in his early 20's (I think) was confronting.

  • awsome

  • Good video, what movie is that?

  • @Mrcanadianmonarchist For a Lost Soldier :)

  • lol, its right in the title....I feel stupid. :)

    Thanks though!

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  • BTW, great video and song selection. I enjoy these videos more than the actual film.

  • Complaining that the movie didn't follow the book is not a valid criticism. The book and the movie are two completely separate entities each to be judged on their own merits.

  • very nice movie , i can't find the whole film , not in belgium or netherlands ? can somebody help me . thanks

  • whats this movie called?

  • for a lost soldier. it is a movie from the netherlands-amazing movie.

  • whats it about? lol

  • i finally saw this movie and was really touched.. it took me back to when I was 12 and we lived a couple miles from a navy base. My mother worked on the base and during Christmas and Thanksgiving she would always invite a group of the sailor to our house for the holiday. On one of those occasions i met Marc who was 19 and we had a relationship for about years. Even after he transferred to another base he'd keep in touch and fly in when he could. I thought i was in heaven being an only child...

  • It was the only male-male relationship I would ever experience, but I have very fond memories of Marc and that time in my life when youth was a virtue and full of innocense. Oh and yes we had sex, he taught me all about sex and love and when i finally met a girl that I loved i was able to take the love that he taught me and transfer it over to her and we're still married today...

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  • esta muy bella tu historia ... pero q paso luego ¿ no se vieron mas , perdieron contacto? que edad tenias cundo paso todo?

  • Well said. Love crosse's all boundaries for a reason.

    Sure there are pervs around but this film was talking about the love you where lucky to have found.

  • I am not sure how to say is THANK YOU. Some people, and of course it is their opinion, thought or believe it was pure pedophile act....if they only knew

    Honestly, mine happened age 10 and he was 20

  • @mystkpizza that's beautiful :) I'm glad you had a good experiance, even though you were so young.

  • @mystkpizza OMG! That is so touching... I'm watching a movie now... where you get in contact with him, and everything feels right again... that's a great story you should write a book..

  • @mystkpizza Your story could make a beautiful movie.

  • @mystkpizza I have read through all the comments on this film and yours is the closest experience to the Dutch original. You say 'I thought I was in heaven' and others have said although very young they remember the relationship with a man as being wonderful. However if the soldier had been found out he would have gone to prison despite whatever the boy felt or pleaded about love. We have to respect the laws that protect children whatever the heart feels.

  • the song is so beautiful :D very nice video !

  • it wasn´t release here! sorry

  • this was a very beautiful movie and the kiss was so hot

  • did they have sex together?

  • Yes. Hot and sweaty.

  • Can anybody help me find this movie? maybe somewhere I can download it?

  • GO BUY IT.

    Cheap ass.

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  • There a two kinds of people on YouTube:

    intelligent people of compassion and understanding and then there is the other kind, people who so so dumb they blindly hate anything the don't understand which is a heck of a lot including, usually, good grammar and spelling. Go figure.

  • No, there are three kinds of people on YouTube, those who can count and those who can't.

  • anyone know if after the war, returned to find?

  • No. The solider leaves when the war ends, then it shows the boy years later, and he finds a picture of him and the solider.

  • that has nothing to do with this video. don't equate the two

  • I'm all for two guys or two boys in love

    but when it's a man and a boy...

    ...an underaged boy.

    It's just weird o.O

    but I guess this movie isn't for me.

  • Go to bed, little BITCH.

    Anyone can fall in love.

  • Can you not understand the feelings of this young gay boy, lonely, far from home with conflicted feelings about his sexuality. When he grew up he wrote about this experience. He tells of how he resolved those feelings by knowing a older, wiser gay person for the first time in his 14 year old life. Read the book Try to understand. His minister certainly did not help him. THis movie for people like you.

  • If you're interested, you can see For a Lost Soldier for free online.

  • oh I already did, i even have it on DVD...excellent film

  • Thanks David that is important information. I taped it from Public Broadasting. It's an important movie and I would recommend it to anybody especially those who are upset by people who are different from themselves.

  • It was a beautiful movie and I loved it and I didn't see anything disgusting !!

    I didn't see it as a gay love story but it was an innocent friendship .

  • No they had rough anal sex.

  • Not rough, loving.

  • Um, you are going to judge anything using that name? It NEVER intamated or said that in the book ,screenplay or movie! The lovie is more about the loniness and uncertainty of war than sex(you would rush to that!) Your name is more offensive than this well made DUTCH movie

  • DUMBASS American.

  • LickMy******---Wow, your ignorance is sad. I am duel citizenship, I have 2 degrees and more, I have life experience from all over the world. I have faults like all others but you are AT fault. Hush unless you can make a logical critically thought out opinion.

  • The film was more tame than the novel, in which the sex was presented as a bit rougher.

  • Exactly my point!

  • beautiful vid..thanks..this IS reality not what they want kids and others to think.

  • this is wrong its about a gay cheeter petifile. I understand that love is blind, and any two people, no matter, age sex color shape size, can fall in love

    thats true but u shouldnt me like 30 and 10

  • I saw this film. I think it was beautiful. I am straight but my rule is "do no harm"

    The movie makes clear that this boy is gay and he is lonely for love. Who the hell are you to make rules about other people.

    and their lives?. Why don't you bitter sex police just shut up and go away and leave other people alone for a change.

  • the way the film was presented to me was like it was sooo disgusting but for a guy like me, I cried like a baby

  • muito bommm

    very goood

  • Wish love was this easy..=( it can be for the exception of dum asses..and a dumb ass bullshit system that tells you who you can love and can't............

  • I heard that!

  • hhhmmm im not exactly sure whats going on in it. i dont get if its brother or father love thing or its a actual LOVE thing. . . either way age is just a number

    the video rocked. props

  • Your welcome. I understand that love is blind, and any two people, no matter, age sex color shape size, can fall in love

    :)

  • Crap, this made me cry!

    Good job!

  • I don't know how old the actors are, but according to wikipedia the characters are 12 and early 20s. I don't know of any 12 year olds that are able to make a decision about sex. the whole thing really bothers me.

  • they are 14 and 26 ;)

  • Actually, it's a very touching coming of age/love story about a Canadian soldier and a Dutch boy set during WWII. Very good film, by the way.

    is he dutch yeah!!

    i love that boy he is so cute!!

    i am 16 how old is he?

    XX

  • okay.. it doesn't look like pedophilia because it could be a father and son thing.. A father who is military and spending time with his son before deploying, teaching him how do dance.. etc. People seriously.. grow the fuck up!

  • Actually, it's a very touching coming of age/love story about a Canadian soldier and a Dutch boy set during WWII. Very good film, by the way.

  • There's no such thing as a pedophile. Only a rapist, because if you're not raping someone, then you are not a pedophile, but a lover.  Grow up, America - PAAAAALEAAAASE.

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  • For a lost soldier

  • ok ....so I can see that everyone has a different opinion and thats kool but I hate pedophiles...but I have to best friends that are gay both are boys...but they would never do something like this that kid in the movie was way to young! but I still liked the video

  • Watch the movie before you make stupid comments, candleguy.

  • Excuse me? This is NAMBLA's equivalent of the bible. That tells me all I need to know.

  • Have you seen the film?

  • I will admit that I haven't, but it's status within the biggest organised peadophile association in the world tells me all I need to know.

  • Nothing like prejudging, is there? See the film.

  • Excuse me? This is NAMBLA we're talking about.

  • No, excuse me. This is an autobiographical film based on a book written by a man from the Netherlands. Would you boycott "King Kong" just because it happened to be Adolph Hitler's favorite film? I understand your distaste for NAMBLA, but you are clearly in the wrong here. You seem like an intelligent guy. Don't you see the flaw in judging a movie you haven't seen?

  • Good point, but regardless of NAMBLA, this film still has a paedophilic nature to it. I'm not trying to censor anyone of course, but I think that anyone who would consider this their favourite film stands a strong chance of being a paedophile.

  • Possibly. It's a very good film, but definitely not a great film. How about you just rescind your first comment ("GET A LIFE PEDOFAGS") and we'll call this debate finished?

  • Fair enough - I wasn't actually serious, I'd just come over from 4chan and some of it rubbed off.

  • Aha! So you ARE a pedophile! I knew it! :)

  • Of course I'm a paedophile - I'm 14.

  • LOL, me too.

  • if you are 14 and your sexuality drives you to youngsters your same age, it is a normal and healthy thing...

    there is a scene in the movie when the naked soldier is on top of the child and enters him..

    that is pedophilia !!

  • It's called love. Not pedophila.

  • 14 and stupid

  • "... its status within the biggest organised pedophile association in the world..." ??? Are you saying the Vatican approved this film?

  • Not all gays are pedophiles thank you

  • i loved this move so much, geez it was so sweet :D

    and this song reminds me of my brother whos off to war

  • goes on mine channel there is the whole one film with subtitlt in English, Spanish and german and other if you want.

  • Just leaving another msg to say how great the song went with the video.This is one of the best films ever.The book is even better,but costly.I paid £120.00 for it,but it was worth it.

  • hi i search all film 2 boys in loving thats goood story thanks

  • lomando90, you might like "Beautiful Thing" and "Latter Days", both available online for free at watch-movies(.)net. And then of course there's the gay TV series "Queer As Folk" which you can watch on SurfTheChannel(.)com

  • wait...when the father of the family the boy went to pulled him aside after church that one time, did he find out the the kid was gay or was is just because he he was hanging with an soldier that they had that talk?

  • How did it ends?

  • i really do love this movie ... and yeah , it has a sad ending ..... guess 1st loves are always like that.

  • This a great and sad movie, love it.

  • Beautiful video.  Beautiful movie. Sad ending, though.

  • Love this movie it reminds me of my x and me we were together for 20yrs. Great job and love the song!

  • Great choice of music,great film.For A Lost Soldier is the BEST movie ive ever seen.We all fell in love with someone older at that age and it brings back so many memories.THANKS

  • I love theis movie and the music is also realy good.

  • wow this movie is so heart takeing a young boy falls in love and it proves that u are gay from birth not just cuz we chose to be

  • this video was awesome..great music to a great movie..unless someone has experienced this sort of love then it is hard for them to understand, but that kind of love is real...great job