United States of Afghanistan

United States of Afghanistan

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 6, 2004

Runtime

0h 58m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

United States of Afghanistan

Director

Pål Hollender

Description

A "dogumentary", made according to Lars von Trier's Dogme rules for documentaries. Completely unprepared Pål Hollender and his friend-with-a-death-wish, Swedish pop star Olle Ljungström, went to Afghanistan, wrecklessly diving into the tension building up in September 2002, the anniversary of 9/11 approaching. The result is a series of visually strong and intimate scenes from Afghanistan. The disturbing ignorance of the two friends from Sweden is as relevant as the meeting with the Afghan people and their culture.