In March 2001, the ruling Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's foremost tourist attraction, the 1600-year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan. This film follows the story of one of the refugees who now lives among the ruins…an eight-year-old boy named Mir.

This film is about Mir’s life through three seasons: Summer, Winter and Spring. In post-Taliban Afghanistan, though much has changed and is changing, there is no guarantee that Mir will survive life in a cave due to the sickness, dirt, dust, and lack of water and food. Yet his engaging story is not one of 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 burnt-out town bazaar and the orchard of the local militia. Through his eyes we see the destruction of the town, the ever-present 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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