Tell Spring Not to Come This Year

Nov 13 2015 N/A 1h 24m
Documentary, War

When NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan, the Afghan National Army (ANA) took over control of Helmand Province, an extremely dangerous region where attacks by Taliban fighters are the order of the day. Security, much less peace, would seem to be unattainable; it is even difficult to find a common language in a country where everyone mistrusts each other. The directors of this film accompanied an ANA company during a year of frontline duty in Helmand. The soldiers are paid irregularly, there are not enough supplies and their equipment is substandard. They cannot fight a war with the equipment left behind by the ISAF.

Plot

Tell Spring Not to Come This Year follows one unit of the Afghan National Army (ANA) over the course of their first year of deployment in Helmand without NATO support. It is an intimate film about the human side of combat, told from a largely unheard and misrepresented perspective, that explores the deep personal motivations, desires and struggles of a band of fighting men on the front line. Without a NATO soldier in sight, and no narrative but their own, this is the war in Afghanistan, through the eyes of the Afghans who live it.

Written by

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Directed by

Saeed Taji Farouky, Michael McEvoy

Cast

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Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, Afghanistan

Production Companies

NHK, Ponda, Tourist With A Typewriter, NHK Cosmomedia

Languages

English

Awards

5 wins & 6 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
388
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
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