There was a time when civilisations would go on wars in the name of religion. Then there was another, when a race was at war against one religion. This historical drama by Netflix is about the latter. There are a hundred ways to show how war kills the child in a child, but this masterpiece shows the most brutal of all. Based on reality, the movie depicts incidents leading upto March 21st, 1945, when the British Royal Air Force plans to bomb the Gestapo’s headquarters in Copenhagen but accidentally bombs a school, killing over 120 people, 86 of whom where children.

Suspense deepens and stories intertwine when Sister Teresa (Fanny Bornedal, also daughter of director Ole Bornedal), who is almost on the verge of losing her faith in religion in the wake of atrocious war, is the teacher of the three kids. As the movie rolls, multiple plot lines and characters keep unravelling until Frederik (Alex Høgh Andersen), a Danish auxiliary police corps, encounters Sister Teresa.

It is not often that movies depict touchy subjects like religious perspectives, let alone include something as impactful as Rigmor's conversation with Sister Teresa in the basement at climax. The nun-culture sheds light on aspects such as God and wrath, and sins and penance. With the perfect concoction of drama, tragedy and comedy, the thriller movie gives a strong high.

The script evolves gradually and ticks most boxes on emotional level, if not on technical level. Why? Because it seems some character arcs remain half-introduced, undeveloped and are blown out just as quickly as a wick of a burning candle. A small sequence of the movie remains unfocused and hazy and slows the segment altogether. The pacing of the story starts when Henry, Rigmor and Eva build a bond over their own accounts of their war-ridden lives. Hence the name, bombardment through the eyes of children.

Initially, there is a constant fear of death that follows Henry through Denmark. The trauma peaks into something else for him, while Eva's (the poster child) is left open-ended. Switching between the mysteriously beautiful little world of the three children and the unfortunate 'bombardment';, it is actually the shadow of war and consequent horror that is in the eyes of one and all.

We all know children are a perfect way to show how innocent the world can truly be. Combine it with a vengeful colour scheme, strong acting, opposing needs, interesting storylines tied and crisscrossing to just one tragic point, that one disturbing event: climax, and you get The Shadow in my eye (also called: The Bombardment.