United States of Afghanistan (2004)

A "dogumentary", made according to Lars von Trier's Dogme rules for documentaries. Completely unprepared Pål Hollender and his friend-with-a-death-wish, Swedish pop star Olle Ljungström, went to Afghanistan, wrecklessly diving into the tension building up in September 2002, the anniversary of 9/11 approaching. The result is a series of visually strong and intimate scenes from Afghanistan. The disturbing ignorance of the two friends from Sweden is as relevant as the meeting with the Afghan people and their culture.

Released

2004-11-06

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

58 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Pål Hollender

TMDB rating

9.0/10 from 1 votes