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The Land of the Enlightened

03/16/2016

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1hr 23min

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Documentary

How children master their lives in war-torn Afghanistan by engaging in ingenious commerce.

STORY

A group of Kuchi children are living in a minefield around Bagram airfield, Afghanistan. They dig out anti-personal mines in order to sell the explosives to child workers mining in a Lappis Lazulli mine. The trajectory of the blue precious stones goes towards Tajikistan and China, through an area controlled by child soldiers. When they are not waging their own mini-wars in the daily madness of life in Afghanistan, the children are fleeing away in their personal fantasies and dreams, while the American soldiers are planning their retreat...

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Gholam Nasir
  • Khyrgyz Baj
  • Zulfu
  • Noor

    Director

  • Pieter-Jan De Pue

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Sciapode
  • Savage Film
  • Fastnet Films
  • Beetz Brothers Film Production
  • Submarine
  • ZDF/Arte
  • Canvas
  • Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)
  • Eyeworks
  • Prime

    Production Countries

  • Belgium
  • Afghanistan
  • Netherlands
  • Ireland
  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • Persian
  • Russian
  • English

Cast

Gholam Nasir

Himself

Khyrgyz Baj

Himself

Zulfu

Himself

Noor

Himself

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