Los Angeles Times (McT) -- Moscow — Andrei Kavun is the director of "Kandahar," a Russian film about the true story of a civilian flight crew that escaped from the Taliban in 1996 after being held hostage in Afghanistan for 378 days. The film is loosely based on the diary and memories of the crew's captain, Vladimir Sharpatov. Q. What interested you about Vladimir Sharpatov's story? Why did you choose him as the focus of the film? A. Before I…...
- 2/17/2010
- by Sergei L. Loiko and Megan K. Stack
- PopMatters
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