A gang of Afghan kids from the Kuchi tribe dig out old Soviet mines and sell the explosives to children working in a lapis lazuli mine. When not dreaming of the time when American troops finally withdraw from their land, another gang of children keeps tight control on the caravans smuggling the blue gemstones through the arid mountains of Pamir.... (Full plot summary below)
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A gang of Afghan kids from the Kuchi tribe dig out old Soviet mines and sell the explosives to children working in a lapis lazuli mine. When not dreaming of the time when American troops finally withdraw from their land, another gang of children keeps tight control on the caravans smuggling the blue gemstones through the arid mountains of Pamir.
Leave your thoughts about The Land of the Enlightened.
| Total FilmAli CatterallA unique, stunning window to an extreme world. |
| GuardianPhil HoadPossibly the only film in which you can witness a tube of lapis lazuli being rammed up a donkey's arse. |
| Irish TimesTara BradyIt's remarkable that the film was made at all. If only it had been made a little better. |
| Sunday Independent (Ireland)Aine O'ConnorIt is rather style over substance, and raises more questions than it answers. |
| Willamette WeekCurtis CookThis is a visually stunning film that raises questions about what's next for Afghanistan, but the lack of a cohesive narrative makes it hard to care. |
| Times (UK)Kevin MaherMade over seven years, The Land of the Enlightened is an earnest, if woolly headed, docudrama from the Belgian photographer Pieter-Jan De Pue. |
| User Reviewrubin ga very unusual, unsettling yet beautiful film. raises more question than answers but it would be wrong for a film to give answers to such a complex subject |
| User ReviewAlonso AStyle in abundance and interesting contrast between realities, but the films ambitions are blown out of proportion considering it overall lack of engagement. |
