17 minutes that'll wreck your week — Soviet trauma, silent screams, nobody cared.
Story of psychological pressure which former Soviet Afghan soldiers have to deal with in peaceful life. Through the story of Ruslan we are shown how public indifference often leads to drug usage.
Direction
Chubakova's unflinching gaze, no melodrama needed.
Production
1988 USSR state TV — miracle it exists at all.
Director
Tatyana Chubakova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Afghantsy' — Soviet veterans returned to a society that pretended the war didn't exist. This was one of few documents acknowledging them.
Chubakova filmed Ruslan's actual daily routine; the drugs aren't performed. The USSR dissolved three years later — many Afghantsy became homeless casualties of another collapse.
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