The Land of the Enlightened backdrop
The Land of the Enlightened poster
Trailer
The Land of the Enlightened
6.2
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1h 23m
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2016
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Released
Overview
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...

Cast
Gholam Nasir poster
Gholam Nasir
Himself
Khyrgyz Baj poster
Khyrgyz Baj
Himself
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Zulfu
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Noor poster
Noor
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