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The Land of the Enlightened

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

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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...

Directed byPieter-Jan De Pue

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
EN
Released
March 16, 2016
Studios
Savage FilmFastnet FilmsBeetz Brothers Film Production

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring

Gholam Nasir

Himself

Khyrgyz Baj

Himself

Zulfu

Himself

Noor

Himself

Creative team
Directed by
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Written by
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Produced by
Bart Van Langendonck
Bart Van Langendonck

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