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.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer: Aleksandr Sokurov
Director of Photography: Alexey Fedorov, Aleksandr Burov