The Wakhan Front
2015 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 6.3 · 82% critics
As troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, a military unit is sent to watch over a remote mountain valley near the Pakistan border. Their mission grows increasingly uneasy as control slips away and soldiers begin vanishing during the night, turning a tense war story into a haunting mystery.
Also known as Neither Heaven Nor Earth
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Details
- Original title
- Ni le ciel, ni la terre
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-09-30
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (57 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to slow-burn war mysteries with eerie tension and ambiguity, especially if Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle appeals to you; Not for you if you want clear answers or fast action.
Pros: haunting atmosphere; believable performances; intriguing mystery | Cons: vague explanations; incoherent story; divisive ending
Themes
- afghanistan war (2001-2021)
Cast & crew
Jérémie Renier
as Antares Bonnassieu
Swann Arlaud
as Jérémie Lernowski
Kévin Azaïs
as William Denis
Marc Robert
as Jean-Baptiste Frering
Finnegan Oldfield
as Patrick Mercier
Christophe Tek
as Stéphane
Clément Bresson
as Etienne Baxer
Sâm Mirhosseini
as Khalil Khan
Edouard Court
as Benjamin Julliard
Steve Tientcheu
as Oscar Varennes
Directed by Clément Cogitore