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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary French Army Captain Antares Bonassieu and his squad are assigned to monitor a remote valley of Wakhan, Afghanistan on the border of Pakistan. Negotiating control of the region between local shepherds and possible Taliban sympathizers grows more and more tenuous for them as men from all sides start mysteriously disappearing. Unable to exp...

Directed By: Clément Cogitore

Written By: Thomas Bidegain, Nadja Dumouchel, Clément Cogitore

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 40 m

Neither Heaven Nor Earth

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary French Army Captain Antares Bonassieu and his squad are assigned to monitor a remote valley of Wakhan, Afghanistan on the border of Pakistan. Negotiating control of the region between local shepherds and possible Taliban sympathizers grows more and more tenuous for them as men from all sides start mysteriously disappearing. Unable to exp...

Directed By: Clément Cogitore

Written By: Thomas Bidegain, Nadja Dumouchel, Clément Cogitore

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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80
Aug 11, 2016
Neither Heaven Nor Earth is a case of the inexplicable rendered without forced mysticism or explanation, but rather explored with a clinical dramatic focus that somehow boosts the eeriness.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 3, 2016
The ensemble commits to the premise with utmost gravity and conviction, enabling our belief in even the most improbable interpretations of its core enigma.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 4, 2016
Neither Heaven Nor Earth transports you to a world where you believe anything could happen because it effectively paints wartime life so closely to supernatural terror. War may quite literally be hell.
By Jacob Oller FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 3, 2016
This virtually action-free war movie (which premiered at Cannes last year with the English-language title The Wakhan Front) will frustrate anyone seeking concrete explanations. Its haunting atmosphere, however, in conjunction with its half-harrowing, half-sleepy milieu, keeps the film fascinating until it finally fizzles.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 2, 2016
While he may indulge in the occasional programmatic jump scare, writer-director Clément Cogitore ultimately heaves his debut feature closer to the realm of psychological terror, understanding that there's nothing more frightening or darker than the human mind.
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70
Aug 2, 2016
This debut feature by French director Clément Cogitore has a highly suggestive philosophical agenda, but at the same time functions as a gripping, subtly eerie drama which keeps you guessing even while it maintains its supernatural (or theological) undertow simmering beneath the surface.
By Jonathan Romney FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 2, 2016
The Wakhan Front's script is finely-balanced, allowing the possibly supernatural to slowly impinge without resorting to genre clichés.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Kazak Productions, Tarantula, Orange Cinéma Séries, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, VOO, La Wallonie, Bruxelles Capitale, Proximus, Cinémage 9, La Banque Postale Image 8, Abel Aflam
Release Date Aug 5, 2016
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 3 Nominations
Peace & Love Film Festival, Sweden
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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