The Boy Mir: Ten Years in Afghanistan (2011)

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Following the international hit The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, The Boy Mir will cover not one year but ten. It will track the cheeky, enthusiastic Mir from a childish eight to a fully grown eighteen-year-old. Over those ten years, it will be a journey into early adulthood in one of the… More Following the international hit The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, The Boy Mir will cover not one year but ten. It will track the cheeky, enthusiastic Mir from a childish eight to a fully grown eighteen-year-old. Over those ten years, it will be a journey into early adulthood in one of the toughest places on earth; a journey that mirrors the current and vitally important story of Afghanistan. -- (C) Seventh Art Productions

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Phil Grabsky
Genres: Documentary, Special Interest

In Theaters: Aug 19, 2011 Limited
Studio: Seventh Art

Critic Reviews

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Mir gets under your skin in ways that are memorable and poignantly real.
Mike Hale, New York Times
If you've seen the first film, you'll want to come back to see Mir's progress through life. And no matter what happens, it seems, the smile remains.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
[Offers] an interesting peek at everyday rural Afghan life in circumstances still unstable but past immediate crisis
Don Groves, sbs.com.au
An intimate portrait of a poor boy's progress towards manhood in a troubled country.
Jim Slotek, Jam! Movies
The stark mountainous beauty that framed the Buddhas remains a terrific backdrop for Grabsky's doc.
Derek Adams, Time Out
It's overlong and not incredibly enlightening, but it's compassionate enough to hold the attention.
Derek Malcolm, This is London
A film that is simplicity itself yet moving and revealing.
Andrew Pulver, Guardian [UK]
What emerges is an unadorned chronicle of grinding poverty...
Ahmed Peerbux, Little White Lies
As enjoyable as 10 years in wartorn Afghanistan can be.
Jules Brenner, Filmcritic.com
Conveys an understanding of Afghan culture better than anything we've seen yet. Well worth its ninety minute screen time, and a lot more.

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