Ilya VARLAMOV
Илья ВАРЛАМОВ
Ilia VARLAMOV
Russia, 2021, 131mn 
documentary
Kladbishche imperiy : kak "Taliban" okazalsia silneie SSHA
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Кладбище империй: как «Талибан» оказался сильнее США

 

 War in Afghanistan: reporting from Kabul / The Graveyard of Empires: why the Taliban turns out stron

 Le Cimetière des empires : comment "le Taliban" s'est montré plus fort que les USA

 
Directed by : Ilya VARLAMOV (Илья ВАРЛАМОВ)
Writing credits : Mariya KISELIOVA (Мария КИСЕЛЕВА), Ivan MATUSHKIN (Иван МАТУШКИН)
Cinematography : Aleksey SOLOUKHIN (Алексей СОЛОУХИН)
Produced by : Maya WOLF (Майя ВОЛЬФ)
 
Plot synopsis
For 20 years, the United States has invested almost 90 billion dollars in the development of the Afghan army, but left as losers - just as the USSR left. The civil war continues, "democracy" has not taken root, a peaceful life is a distant prospect. The new inhabitants of the presidential palace promise not to commit genocide and assure that they are not the same as in the 90s. But nobody believes their words. Why has Afghanistan turned into a Taliban republic again and how will the lives of ordinary Afghans now change? Why should we be worried about what is happening in this distant country?
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Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- International Art Documentary Film Festival "Artdocfest", Moscow (Russia), 2022