Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works. Dastaguir must tell Murad that the rest of their family were all killed in a recent bomb attack.
Acting
Abdul Ghani's face speaks entire novels without dialogue.
Cinematography
Desert landscapes so stark they feel like another character.
Direction
Rahimi lets silence do the screaming for him.
Director
Atiq Rahimi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely in Tajikistan doubling for Afghanistan; Rahimi fled Kabul in 1984 and couldn't return to film.
The 'glory' in the title refers to the Soviet-Afghan War's propaganda — the film weaponizes irony through suffering.
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