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The Land of the Enlightened

The Land of the Enlightened

Original title
The Land of the Enlightened
Year
2016
Gender
Documentary , Drama , War
Director
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Country
Belgium , Afghanistan , Germany , Ireland , Netherlands
Details
87 minutes / colored / sound

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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