RETROGRADE

This bitter, no-punches-pulled documentary about the American retreat from Afghanistan and the rapid collapse of the local government and military is the chronicle of a catastrophe foretold: After president Biden's withdrawal announcement a fearless camera team follows the idealistic Afghan General Sami Sadar who has to watch the Americans destroy precious weapons and ammunition instead of handing it over, and how twenty years of groundwork collapse within a few days under the Taliban's onslaught. A cruel but all the more important history lesson.