Silk Road Film Salon

A devoted soldier of the Taliban's ideology that has shaped his destiny since birth, Samim (23) struggles between the alluring promises of martyrdom and the mundanity of his daily existence as a husband and farmer. Samim's younger brother, Rafi (14), idolizes his big brother as he navigates the confusion of adolescence, leaving behind playfulness to enter a world shaped by decades of military intervention and resulting radicalization.

Afshin, Shukria, Varja and Fahad, born in Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine, invite us into their worlds - joyous and raucous, terrible and sad. A coming-of-age celebration of the sheer power for life, against all gravities and shadows of adult-created wars.