Genres
Production Companies
Savage Film
Fastnet Films
Beetz Brothers Film Production
Submarine
ZDF/Arte
Canvas
Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)
Eyeworks
Prime
The Land of the Enlightened
How children master their lives in war-torn Afghanistan by engaging in ingenious commerce.
Overview
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...
Key Crew
Producer: Bart Van Langendonck
Director of Photography: Pieter-Jan De Pue
Writer: Pieter-Jan De Pue
Director: Pieter-Jan De Pue
Top Cast
Gholam Nasir
Himself
Khyrgyz Baj
Himself
Zulfu
Himself
Noor
Himself
