A Russian soldier who spent ten years in captivity in Afghanistan, returns to his home village and shocks all its inhabitants because of his conversion to Islam. During his absence, his father hanged himself, his brother served a prison term and his former fiancée has become a woman of very low morals. The village is the scene of endless drinking while the local boss is selling off the land for dollars to new-rich Russians. Our hero turns out as the only sober and hard-working member of the community. However, his attachment to his new faith soon provokes the hatred and rejection of everyone else, including his own family.
Cast
Crew
Vladimir Khotinenko
Director, Producer
Valeri Zalotukha
Writer
Svetlana Tarik
Editor
Alexey Rodionov
Director of Photography
Anatoli Manannikov
Additional Director of Photography
Violetta Sedova
Assistant Director
Vladimir Repnikov
Producer
Aleksandr Popov
Production Design
Regina Khomskaya
Costume Design
Larisa Kozlova
Makeup Artist
Sergey Sashnin
Sound Director
Aleksandr Pantykin
Music
Vladimir Yarin
Set Designer
Evgeniy Sokurov
Stunt Coordinator
