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Documentary

The Land of the Enlightened

- 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...

Release Date : 2016-03-16

Language :PersianRussianEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : SciapodeSavage FilmFastnet FilmsBeetz Brothers Film ProductionSubmarineZDF/ArteCanvasInterkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)EyeworksPrime

Production Country : BelgiumAfghanistanNetherlandsIrelandGermany

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Cast

Gholam Nasir

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Gholam Nasir

Gender : Male

Khyrgyz Baj

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Khyrgyz Baj

Gender : Male

Zulfu

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Zulfu

Gender : Male

Noor

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Noor

Gender : Male

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