Dust of War
Golden Eagle of the Rueil International History Festival, 1990
Grand Prize at the Angers International Journalism Festival, 1990
VSD: “A magnificent piece of work. The spirit of great reporting in its purest form.”
Le Figaro: “Christophe de Ponfilly and Frédéric Laffont have tracked down, in both camps,
the stigmata of the absurd Soviet-Afghan conflict.
“A formidable exercise, an admirable result.”
Some, the Soviets, are doing their "internationalist duty."
The others, the Afghan Mujahideen, are fighting for freedom,
against "yellow men with blue hair, without beauty."
Clandestine filming in Afghanistan, the USSR, Kabul... for a film in two episodes.
1. The song of arms
Films by Frédéric Laffont
and Christophe de Ponfilly
Editing. Jean-François Giré
Duration: 2 x 52'
© FR3, La Sept, TSR, Interscoop, 1990