
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”.

as Marat Ayumov

as Marat Ayumov in his youth

as Dinara

as Marat Ayumov's grandmother

as Saule

as Aleksey

as colonel-pilot

as Aliya

as Andrey Ostrovskiy

as Sergey


as Kara-mayor

as military commission doctor

as Tyutin

as military doctor


as Saule in her youth


as old shepherd

as soldier



as Ablay

as Talib


as producer