This is a film that sidesteps convention. There is no ending, no beginning. There is the journey.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is a film that sidesteps convention. There is no ending, no beginning. There is the journey.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If you have ever been lost in a foreign land, you may recognise the feeling of fear and isolation.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If you have ever been lost in a foreign land, you may recognise the feeling of fear and isolation.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It provides some compelling insights into the fear and distrust still prevalent in post-Taliban Afghanistan.

~ David Haviland -

It provides some compelling insights into the fear and distrust still prevalent in post-Taliban Afghanistan.

~ David Haviland -

Although this film has got a very serious point to make, Hana Makhalbaf has an enviable lightness of touch and always remembers to keep the story front and centre.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although this film has got a very serious point to make, Hana Makhalbaf has an enviable lightness of touch and always remembers to keep the story front and centre.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although not breaking new ground in terms of the way it is shot and edited, this is a compelling story and features some excellent archive footage.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Although not breaking new ground in terms of the way it is shot and edited, this is a compelling story and features some excellent archive footage.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Both a straight forward narrative and a metaphor for a country whose future is as easily damaged as the abandoned child.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Both a straight forward narrative and a metaphor for a country whose future is as easily damaged as the abandoned child.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It’s hard to tell whether the subjects’ playful bickering is either toned down or accentuated for our sake.

~ James Benefield -

It’s hard to tell whether the subjects’ playful bickering is either toned down or accentuated for our sake.

~ James Benefield -

Alien subjects do require human angles to connect with viewers, and this film manages it well.

~ James Benefield -

Alien subjects do require human angles to connect with viewers, and this film manages it well.

~ James Benefield -