The read
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
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...
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Pieter-Jan De PueDirector
- Pieter-Jan De PueWriter
Cast
- Gholam NasirHimself
- Khyrgyz BajHimself
- ZulfuHimself
- NoorHimself
Stills
Themes
hybridafghanistandocudrama