Overview
This movie is about the life of Marat Ayumov, a former soldier from Kazakhstan who fought in Afghaninstan. The past and present are interwoven in the memories of the protagonist. Throughout the film, in fragmented flashbacks, the hero recollects the time when he, as a soldier, fought in the armed conflict in the mountainous country as he travels to Afghanistan to accompany a young and creative TV crew making a documentary called “Following Alexander the Great”.
Cast
- Seydulla Moldakhanov as Marat Ayumov
- Berik Aitzhanov as Marat Ayumov in his youth
- Karlygash Mukhamedzhanova as Dinara
- Natalya Arinbasarova as Marat Ayumov's grandmother
- Gulnara Dusmatova as Saule
- Ivan Zhidkov as Aleksey
- Gosha Kutsenko as colonel-pilot
- Asha Mataj as Aliya
- Denis Nikiforov as Andrey Ostrovskiy
- Andrey Shibarshin as Sergey