THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED
synopsis
A group of Kuchi children are living in a minefield around Bagram airfield, Afghanistan. They dig out old Soviet landmines in order to sell the explosives to child workers in the Lapis Lazuli mine. Meanwhile Gholam Nasir and his gang control the mountains where caravans are smuggling the blue gem stones to the border of Tajikistan and Pakistan. When Gholam's gang is not guiding the caravans over the frozen rivers, they dream about Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the Americans. Some of them will grow up as soldiers, others will remain with the caravans. But Gholam dreams about marrying and living with his queen in the palace in Kabul. Will Afghanistan have a new king after the foreigners will have returned home?
international title: | The Land of the Enlightened |
original title: | The Land of the Enlightened |
country: | Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany |
sales agent: | Films Boutique |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Pieter-Jan De Pue |
film run: | 83' |
release date: | DE 8/12/2016 |
screenplay: | Pieter-Jan De Pue |
cinematography by: | Pieter-Jan De Pue |
film editing: | Stijn Deconinck |
producer: | Bart Van Langendonck |
co-producer: | Morgan Bushe, Femke Wolting |
production: | Savage Film, Submarine, Fastnet Films, Eyeworks Film & TV Drama NV, Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion |
backing: | Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Dutch Film Fund (NFF), Centre du Cinéma et de l'audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles et de Voo, Belgian Development Cooperation - DGD, Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Irish Film Board, Media Development Program of the E.U., Belgian tax shelter for film financing, Canvas, IKON, Telenet/Prime and ZDF-Arte. |
distributor: | Wildcard Distribution, Real Fiction Filmverleih |