Le piège afghan

Story

Synopsis

A doctor on a French military base in Afghanistan, Nadia, in her thirties, works for the coalition of major Western powers. When she is sent on a mission to a village in a strategic location, her convoy falls into an ambush. Nadia and a soldier of Tajik origin are captured by a group of Taliban led by Abdullah, a Pakistani. The soldier is beheaded, while Nadia is miraculously released thanks to the intervention of a Pashtun leader, Hassan Walli, whom she had met ten years earlier in Paris. Using this friendship, Colonel Leroy of the DGSE asks the young woman to get closer to Hassan, who is seen as a moderate opposed to Al-Qaeda…

Director

Miguel Courtois

Writers

Didier Lacoste, Pauline Rocafull

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

25 November 2011

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Marie-Josée Croze

  Nadia Meyer

• 

  David Kammenos

  Hassan Wali

• 

  Sonia Mankaï

  Tamana

• 

  Samuel Le Bihan

  Colonel Saint Sauveur

• 

  Christian Charmetant

  Colonel Leroy

• Gurshad Shaheman

  Hamid

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  Clément Brun

  Tony