The Wakhan Front
Genres
Overview
Afghanistan, 2014. As the withdrawal of troops approaches, Captain Antarès Bonassieu and his squad have been assigned a surveillance mission in a remote valley of Wakhan, on the border of Pakistan. Despite Antarès and his men’s determination, control of the secluded valley will slowly fall out of their hands. One dark night, soldiers begin to mysteriously disappear in the valley.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
100 min
Release Date
2015-09-30
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
53
Vote Average
6.2
Jérémie Renier
Antares Bonnassieu
Swann Arlaud
Jérémie Lernowski
Kévin Azaïs
William Denis
Marc Robert
Jean-Baptiste Frering
Finnegan Oldfield
Patrick Mercier
Christophe Tek
Stéphane
Clément Bresson
Etienne Baxer
Sâm Mirhosseini
Khalil Khan
Edouard Court
Benjamin Julliard
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Chef Taliban 'Sultan'
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Ado vilage (moto)
Seyed Jafar Mirhosseini
Malek Abdullah Ali (chef du village)
Dean Mirhosseini
Père village (moto)
Yashar Vah
Fils de Malek
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