This movie is about the life of Marat Ayumov, a former soldier from Kazakhstan who fought in Afghaninstan. The past and present are interwoven in the memories of the protagonist. Throughout the film, in fragmented flashbacks, the hero recollects the time when he, as a soldier, fought in the armed conflict in the mountainous country as he travels to Afghanistan to accompany a young and creative TV crew making a documentary called “Following Alexander the Great”.
Marat Ayumov
Marat Ayumov in his youth
Dinara
Marat Ayumov's grandmother
Saule
Aleksey
colonel-pilot
Aliya
Andrey Ostrovskiy
Sergey
Kara-mayor
military commission doctor
Tyutin
military doctor
Saule in her youth
old shepherd
soldier
Ablay
Talib
producer