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The Land of the Enlightened

The Land of the Enlightened

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 16, 2016

Runtime

1h 23m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

62%

Original Title

The Land of the Enlightened

Production Companies

Sciapode, Savage Film, Fastnet Films, Beetz Brothers Film Production, Submarine, ZDF/Arte, Canvas, Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON), Eyeworks, Prime

Director

Pieter-Jan De Pue

Description

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...