The Land of the Enlightened (2016) [N/A]
Release Date:
March 16, 2016
Original Title:
The Land of the Enlightened
Alternate Titles:
Das Land der Erleuchteten
La terra degli illuminati
上帝花园的小孩
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Beetz Brothers Film Production
Canvas
Eyeworks
Fastnet Films
Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)
Prime
Savage Film
Sciapode
Submarine
ZDF/Arte
Production Countries:
Afghanistan | Belgium | Germany | Ireland | Netherlands
Ratings / Certifications:
IE: 15
Runtime: 83
How children master their lives in war-torn Afghanistan by engaging in ingenious commerce.
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...
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