6.2 / 10
(13 votes)
In 1994, Alexander Sokurov accompanied Russian troops assigned to a frontier military post at the Tajikistan/Afghanistan border to film their experiences. While unnamed tribal forces occasionally engaged the troops in skirmishes, Sokurov’s haunting documentary chronicles the downtime between activity.
Japan,
Russia
Documentary
340 minutes
1995
Aleksandr Sokurov
Severny Fond,
Eskomfilm,
Lenfilm