
The Land of the Enlightened
6.0/10
Release: 16/03/2016
Duration: 1h 23m

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...
Country: Belgium, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany
Language: Russian, Persian, English
Writers
Production
Sciapode
Savage Film
Fastnet Films
Beetz Brothers Film Production
Submarine
ZDF/Arte
Canvas
Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)
Eyeworks
Prime
Official Website:
http://thelandoftheenlightened.c...