 This film is a small part of the five hour documentary "Spiritual Voices", shot by Sokurov s crew on the border of Afghanistan. The young soldiers resting after their duties personify the difficult and grave task which burdens youth: to ensure peace and calm. A young person on the border between life and death is a recurring poetic motif in Alexander Sokurov s feature films. Here the documentary footage is transformed into "a soldier on the border of peace and war".