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Love City, Jalalabad

Love City, Jalalabad

Genres

Documentary

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A wild and funny documentary showing how the progressive youth of Afghanistan are rejecting the use of armed force and see film production as an alternative means of bringing peace and social change to their war-torn and occupied country.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

07 June 2013

Country

Afghanistan

Cast

George Gittoes

George Gittoes

Self

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