The main character in this feature film is an eightyearold boy called Mir Hussain.He is fun, cheeky, inquisitive, energetic and bright. He also lives in a cave and owns virtually nothing though to him this is normal; it is all hes known.The film is about Mirs life through three seasons: Summer, Winter, Spring. In postTaliban Afghanistan, though much has changed and is changing, there is no guarantee that Mir will survive life in a cave the sickness, dirt, dust, lack of water and lack of food. Yet his engaging story is not one of gloom and doom but that of a normal child who takes life as it comes and finds entertainment wherever he can. His playground is the rubble and tunnels of the destroyed Buddhas of Bamiyan, the shelled and burntout town bazaar, the orchard of the local militia. Through his eyes we see the destruction of the town, the everpresent militarization and the welcomed but watched presence of the Americans. Mir has no clue what it is all about but he knows how to have fun.

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