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The Wakhan Front
Directed by CLÉMENT COGITORE

Status : Completed

Country : France

Originale Title : Ni le Ciel Ni la Terre

Year : 2015

Language : French, some Arabic

Domestic Release : Diaphana - September 30th, 2015

Genre : War Thriller / Fantastic

Runtime : 100 min

Synopsis

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.

DIRECTOR

CLÉMENT COGITORE

CAST & CREW

DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITTER
Clément Cogitore
With the participation of Thomas Bidegain (Erran, Saint Laurent, Rust & Bone, A Prophet)

CAST
Jérémie Renier (Saint Laurent, My Way, The Kid With A Bike, The Child)
Kévin Azaïs (Love At First Sight, Playing Dead, Skirt Day)


PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Olivier Meidinger (Paradise Now, Mesrine)

FX
El Hassan Tib (Gladiator, Babel)

PRODUCERS
Kazak Productions

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

68th Cannes International festival (Critic's Week) (2015) - Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award
Motovun Film Festival - Propeller of Motovun - Best Film Prize
Peace & Love FF - Best Film & Best Actor for Jérémy Renier
Colcoa French FF - Best first feature film

Helsinki IFF
Sitges IFF
Warsaw IFF
Morelia IFF
Cinemania FF
Torino IFF
Istanbul IFF (2016)
New Directors New Film
Bucheon International Fantastic FF
Bienal Internacional do Cinema Sonoro