In the mid-19th century, Mexico and Canada were both gripped by internal conflicts. The conflagration of war in the U.S. soon followed.

Cannes: This lo-fi Civil War movie follows a doomed unit of U.S. Army volunteers as they wander the borderlands of Montana during the winter of 1862.

Italian-born director Roberto Minervini's latest feature follows a battalion of Union Army soldiers scouting the West and trying to stay alive.

Set during the Civil War, a long way from the front lines, Roberto Minervini's "The Damned" continues the Italian helmer's career-long examination of the rifts and affinities between overlooked segments of American society.