The Wakhan Front
The Wakhan Front

The Wakhan Front

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2015
1h 40m
6.3(56 votes)
Drama
Fantasy
War

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.

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Tarantula
Kazak Productions

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Cast & Crew

28 members
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Jérémie Renier

Antares Bonnassieu

Jérémie Renier
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Swann Arlaud

Jérémie Lernowski

Swann Arlaud
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Kévin Azaïs

William Denis

Kévin Azaïs
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Marc Robert

Jean-Baptiste Frering

Marc Robert
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Finnegan Oldfield

Patrick Mercier

Finnegan Oldfield
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Christophe Tek

Stéphane

Christophe Tek
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Clément Bresson

Etienne Baxer

Clément Bresson
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Sâm Mirhosseini

Khalil Khan

Sâm Mirhosseini
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Edouard Court

Benjamin Julliard

Edouard Court
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Steve Tientcheu

Oscar Varennes

Steve Tientcheu
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Hamid Reza Javdan

Chef Taliban 'Sultan'

Hamid Reza Javdan
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Aria Faghih Habibi

Ado vilage (moto)

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Seyed Jafar Mirhosseini

Malek Abdullah Ali (chef du village)

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Dean Mirhosseini

Père village (moto)

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Yashar Vah

Fils de Malek

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Patrick Ligardes

Officer E-M Armenet

Patrick Ligardes
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Michaël Vander-Meiren

Philippe Le Thieur

Michaël Vander-Meiren
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Farhad Faghih Habibi

Gulbuddin Bakhtawar

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Chloé Astor

Voix de Sarah Denis

Chloé Astor
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Amir Hadayati

Voix ambiance

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Kamalit Ait Taleb

Basile Delcourt

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Yassin El Gouchari

Soldat 1

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Mahdi Chrismaens

Soldat 2 Porte

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Victor Pontecorvo

Aide de camp 1

Victor Pontecorvo
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Olivier Courtemanche

Aide de camp 2

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Mohamed Rafik

Villageois Choura 1

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Abdelilah Wahbi

Taliban 1

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Chafik Elaidi

Taliban 2

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