Jirga

Name: Jirga
Genre: Drama, War
Released: July 26, 2019
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Amir Shah Talash, Janaat Gul Mastana, Kefayat Lag Humani, Mohammad Mosam, Muhammad Shah Majroh

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Lightyear Entertainment | Release Date: July 26, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Amir Shah Talash, Janaat Gul Mastana, Kefayat Lag Humani, Mohammad Mosam, Muhammad Shah Majroh, Naqibullah Khan Shinwari, Sam Smith, Samad Khan, Sharif Ullah, Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad

Summary: Former Australian soldier, Mike Wheeler, returns to Afghanistan, seeking redemption from the family of a civilian man he killed during the war.

Director: Benjamin Gilmour

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 78 min

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The Guardian Luke Buckmaster

Jul 25, 2019

This very fine film has a way of pulling you towards its wavelength. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Aug 1, 2019

A remarkable truthfulness shepherds Benjamin Gilmour’s tightly written and conscientiously produced drama Jirga as it renders an image of Afghanistan not as a ravaged battleground but as an arrestingly rich land. Read full review

Adam Keller

Jul 27, 2019

Jirga is not going for subtlety. Its heavy-handed message about guilt, responsibility, and forgiveness is outright stated to the audience. It’s very idealistic, and you might not buy it. But you will remember the experience of having your eyes opened to a new part of the world. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jul 25, 2019

Despite the performance’s credibility, few things are more irritating, artistically and historically, than the stranger-in-a-strange-land interloper who hasn’t got a clue what he’s doing. Read full review

Eddie Cockrell

Jul 25, 2019

As interesting as all this is, and as challenging and perilous it must have been to capture these images, Jirga’s elliptical approach to plot and selective use of subtitles does the finished product no favors. Read full review

Harry Windsor

Jul 25, 2019

Skirting the line between documentary and fiction in a manner reminiscent of the Jalalabad-based Aussie filmmaker George Gittoes (thanked in the credits), the filmmaking could most charitably be described as artless, with a medley of shaky thousand-pixel close-ups providing a sense of detail that doesn't quite extend to the script. Read full review

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