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Kandagar

2010 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 6.3 · 38% critics

Drama

A docudrama follows a group of Russian pilots taken hostage in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s. As days stretch on, they look for a way to endure captivity and seize a chance at freedom under constant pressure.

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Details
Original title
Кандагар
Years
2010
Release date
2010-02-04
Language
Russian
Runtime
103 min
Critic score
38/100
TMDB rating
6.3/10 (45 votes)
Box office
$14,863,543
Budget
$7,000,000
About

You may like this if you want a serious, fact-based hostage survival drama with sustained tension and a wartime backdrop, similar in tone to Leaving Afghanistan; Not for you if you prefer light, escapist stories.

Pros: tense hostage survival story; grounded docudrama tone | Cons: heavy subject matter; limited character depth

Themes

  • escape
  • afghanistan
  • taliban

Cast & crew

Directed by Andrey Kavun