Prisoner Of The Mountains Essay

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Luis Gama Dr. Caffee RSSS 304 December 8, 2015 Prisoner of the Mountains Sergei Bodrov dose a extremely brilliant effort at capturing the complicated relationship between Russia soldiers and their Chechn captors in his 1996 movie, Prisoner of the Mountains, which takes place during the First Chechen War. The movie revolves around the capture of two Russian soldiers Sacha and Vania by a Chechen father Abdoul-Mourat who wants to trade them for his son captured by the Russian army. The movie mainly focuses on the lives of people who are caught in the cross fire between Russians and Chechens. Bodrov's main approach to the subject lies in the disappointment of all these people; although they all yearn for any human relationships they may develop in order to escape the grim reality of war. …show more content…

One aspect of the humanity within characters is its humor. In one of the scenes we see the characters being human and viewing there circumstances in hysteria, Sacha and Vania try to break through a wall in an attempt to escape, instead of finding a way out they find a secrete stash of liquor. The two begin to drink as a way to escape the reality and are later let out on top of a roof that gives an overview the village and its harsh landscape; Sacha and Vania begin to dance on the rooftop while still in shackles. The captors found their awkward performance to be semi hilarious and at the end of the scene Abdoul-Mourat is presented with his now fixed watch that he previously discarded and at that moment he is faced to see the human qualities of his

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