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Land of the Enlightened, The

 

Belgium / Afghanistan 2016, 84 minutes
Dir. Pieter-Jan de Pue
In Persian with English subtitles
Rating: [Exempt]
Genres: Documentary / War, Youth

Topics: Experimental, Rites-of-passage.

 

“Seven years of beautifully intimate footage from ‘God’s garden’ are hazily structured into this documentary of a mysterious country”~Phil Hoad, The Guardian

Aroview: A creative documentary hybrid, which stages facts and fantasy side by side to reveal an intimate and poetic portrait of Afghanistan. Reminiscent of the stream-of-consciousness style of Adam Curtis' political documentaries, as well as the profound ecstatic vision of Werner Herzog.

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  • aspect ratio: 1.85:1
 

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