

The Land of the Enlightened
How children master their lives in war-torn Afghanistan by engaging in ingenious commerce.
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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- Russian
- hybrid
- afghanistan
- docudrama
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Belgium, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany
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United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival24 Feb 2016
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical16 Mar 2016
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical (limited)Karlovy Vary International Film Festival2 Jul 2016
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1516 Mar 2016
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The Land of the Enlightened was released on 16 March 2016.
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