Leaving Afghanistan Movie Storyline. The year is 1989. The end of the Soviet – Afghan war. The USSR begins to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasilyev’s son – a pilot named Alexander – is kidnapped by the Mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result, the 108th Motor Rifle Division’s long awaited return home is put on hold for one last mission: bring the General’s son back.
Leaving Afghanistan (Russian: Братство, romanized: Bratstvo) is a Russian war film directed and written by Pavel Lungin. The film is ased on true events, the previously untold story of this tragic withdrawal reveals the complexity of human nature during wartime. The film’s Russian stars are Mikhail Kremer, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Kirill Pirogov, Yan Tsapnik, Umedjon Bahabaev, Vasiliy Butkevich, Vitaliy Kishchenko, Ali Mukhammad, Arslan Murzabekov, Dilovar Nigmatov.
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. 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.
Leaving Afghanistan submitted to the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival’s Golden Goblet Awards, where writers Aleksandr and Pavel Lungin won the award for Best Screenplay.
Leaving Afghanistan (2021)
Directed by: Pavel Lungin
Starring: Mikhail Kremer, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Kirill Pirogov, Yan Tsapnik, Umedjon Bahabaev, Vasiliy Butkevich, Vitaliy Kishchenko, Ali Mukhammad, Arslan Murzabekov, Dilovar Nigmatov
Screenplay by: Aleksandr Lungin, Pavel Lungin
Production Design by: Evgeniy Panfilov
Cinematography by: Igor Grinyakin
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Release Date: May 10, 2019 (Nussia), August 13, 2021 (United States)
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