Overview

A Russian soldier who spent ten years in captivity in Afghanistan, returns to his home village and shocks all its inhabitants because of his conversion to Islam. During his absence, his father hanged himself, his brother served a prison term and his former fiancée has become a woman of very low morals. The village is the scene of endless drinking while the local boss is selling off the land for dollars to new-rich Russians. Our hero turns out as the only sober and hard-working member of the community. However, his attachment to his new faith soon provokes the hatred and rejection of everyone else, including his own family.

Genres

Cast

Evgeny Mironov

Kolya Ivanov the Mussulman

Aleksandr Baluev

Brother

Nina Usatova

Mother

Evdokiya Germanova

Vera

Pyotr Zaychenko

Village Head

Ivan Bortnik

Vladimir Ilin

Aleksandr Peskov

Sergey Taramaev