THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED

By Pieter-Jan DE PUE

FILMS BOUTIQUE - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2016

A group of Kuchi children wage their own mini-wars in the daily madness of life in Afghanistan.

Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2016
World Documentaries Special Jury Award for Cinematography
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, FARSI, PASHTU
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 87 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Pieter-Jan DE PUE
    • Writer(s)
    • Pieter-Jan DE PUE
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/A6FB-B0D3-3B6F-C26D-8751-X
    • Producer(s)
    • Bart VAN LANGENDONCK (Savage Film)
    • Synopsis
    • In the wild Afghan mountains, a gang of Kuchi kids dig out anti-personal mines to collect the explosives,
      recycle weapons and keep tight control on the caravans smuggling opium . 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...