Leaving Afghanistan

Film directed by Pavel Lungin

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Aleksandr Lungin
Pavel Lungin

Produced by

Pavel Lungin
Evgeniy Panfilov

Starring

Mikhail Kremer
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Kirill Pirogov
Yan Tsapnik

CinematographyIgor Grinyakin

Production
company

Pavel Lungin Studio

Release date

May 10, 2019 (2019-05-10)

CountryRussiaLanguageRussian

Leaving Afghanistan (Russian: Братство, romanized: Bratstvo lit. brotherhood) is a Russian war film directed and written by Pavel Lungin.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

Set between 1988 and 1989 in the closing stages of the Soviet-Afghan War, the plot, based upon a true story, centres around the men of the 108th Motor Rifle Division, whose withdrawal from Afghanistan is put on hold to rescue the kidnapped son of a Soviet general by the Mujahideen as a result of a plane crash, fighting their way through the Salang Pass and experiencing the hardship of war along the way.^[5]

Cast

Mikhail Kremer
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Kirill Pirogov
Yan Tsapnik^[6]

Reception

Controversy

The film was criticized by politicians and Soviet Army veterans for being "unpatriotic", among which Federation Council member Igor Morozov noted the film featuring scenes of Soviet soldiers looting and fighting amongst themselves as being unsuitable for "educating young people with a sense of patriotism", accusing director Pavel Lungin of distorting history.^[7] Lungin rejected criticism of the film as being "anti-Russian", stating how it is instead an anti-war film that instead shows "how good guys are sent to fight ugly, pointless wars" and how it promotes conversation about the role of Russia’s armed forces during and after the Cold War period.^[8]

Awards

Leaving Afghanistan was entered into the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival’s Golden Goblet Awards, where writers Aleksandr and Pavel Lungin won the award for Best Screenplay.^[9]

References

^ Camera! Action!: что происходит в российском кино
^ Отголоски Афганской войны
^ В сахалинских кинотеатрах показывают один из лучших фильмов об афганской войне — «Братство»
^ «Мстители» на пути к трем миллиардам
^ Leaving Afghanistan (Братство), 2019
^ Братство (2019) Full Cast & Crew
^ 'Dirt and filth': Russia attacks film about Red Army in Afghanistan - The Guardian
^ Director of ‘Unpatriotic’ Movie Says Russia Not Ready for Truth About War - The Moscow Times
^ Winners of the 22nd SIFF Golden Goblet Awards