In 2014, director Richard Linklater released Boyhood, a fictional coming-of-age saga that was filmed using the same cast across twelve years. This film mirrors that concept: creating a real-life epic of boyhood and manhood that follows the same individual over 20 years, living in one of the most dangerous countries in the world. When we first meet Mir, he is a mischievous boy of seven living in a cave in central Afghanistan alongside the Buddhas of Bamiyan, two statues that were recently destroyed. For two decades, the film follows the adventures of his life, until, as an adult with a family of his own, he decides to pursue his own career as a news cameraman in Kabul. More than just a personal journey, My Childhood, My Country is an powerful examination of what has – and has not – been achieved in Afghanistan over the past 20 years.
那里的人们是真的惨
身在阿富汗的20年人生，从小童，成为父亲，从山洞，走向城市，辍学、打工、结婚、摄影，人来人往，冬去春来，像是在一个巨大的伤口上，看不同的盐分在渗透，却依然想要维持一种乐观，毕竟，不想得灿烂点，这人生就难以为继了。顺着这些苍凉的镜头，外国的侵略与援助，内部的分化与屠戮，总能把气压控得越来越低，那么多无能为力的人，就只能把希望寄托在某些根本无从遵循的外来诺言上，破灭了，又寻觅下一个。人世艰难，莫过于此。#VIFF#7
“Looking at the American planes. I like Americans.”...“I had cows... Life was good”
20年不懈跟拍，一个人的生活在观众面前展开。从幼童到三个孩子的父亲，从巴米扬大佛炸毁的现场，到榭卡，再到喀布尔，这20年里阿富汗不断变化，男孩的命运也随之起伏。个人命运已经深深与这个国家命运绑定，他们无法摆脱。他们的生活非常悲惨，他们的命也如蝼蚁，没有任何价值，且转瞬即逝。
一个哈扎拉人在战争、动乱、贫穷的阿富汗成长的故事