The Wakhan Front

Sep 30, 2015

1h 40m

★ 6.3

Overview

Afghanistan, 2014. As the withdrawal of troops approaches, Captain Antarès Bonassieu and his squad have been assigned a surveillance mission in a remote valley of Wakhan, on the border of Pakistan. Despite Antarès and his men’s determination, control of the secluded valley will slowly fall out of their hands. One dark night, soldiers begin to mysteriously disappear in the valley.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

War

Production Companies

Tarantula

Kazak Productions

The Wakhan Front Trailers

Cast

Antares Bonnassieu

Jérémie Renier

Jérémie Lernowski

Swann Arlaud

William Denis

Kévin Azaïs

Jean-Baptiste Frering

Marc Robert

Patrick Mercier

Finnegan Oldfield

Stéphane

Christophe Tek

Etienne Baxer

Clément Bresson

Khalil Khan

Sâm Mirhosseini

Benjamin Julliard

Edouard Court

Oscar Varennes

Steve Tientcheu

Chef Taliban 'Sultan'

Hadmidreza Djavdan

Ado vilage (moto)

Aria Faghih Habibi

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