But while the original tale was written over 150 years ago, Bodrov's take has a modern sensibility. When you love something you have the chance to tell the truth. We made Prisoner Of The Mountains because it's a great story. It mixes tragedy and humour and that always makes sense to me. We used Tolstoy's thoughts about war and peace.
Life is short, the world is small.
The plot is simple and we don't know how to stop the war. It's easier to kill a man than love him. Angel and Prisoner Of The Mountains sees a continuation on the theme that he passionately embraces. Sergei Bodrov, jnr makes his debut in his father pictures and by all accounts hosts Moscow TV show Look. She gives a startling performance for one so young and fully fledged credibility to her character.