Lt. Peter Harding is left for dead after a battle that should never have happened in Normandy, 1944. Out of rations, medical aid and losing his mind he captures Laurette, an eight-year-old French girl. The pair cannot communicate with one another, yet through her innocence and lack of fear they form an unlikely bond. With her help he may be able to find the peace he has been fighting for.

The Soldier is a complex and visual short film that explores the results of warfare on one man who has seen too much and a young girl who knows no different.