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This Work of Mine

Film
Title of the film Original title: This Work of Mine
English title: This Work of Mine
Hungarian title: Taposómalom

Production and shooting info Country of the production: Denmark - dk
Year of production: from 2003 to 2006
Year of shooting: from 2003 to 2004
Length of the film: 28 min
Colouring: colour
Recording format: DV
Original language: Dari
 Pasthu
 English
Language of subtitle: English

Description of the content Alberto Cairo is an Italian physiotherapist, who is helping mine victims and disabled people in an orthopaedic centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. ’This Work of Mine’ depicts one of Alberto’s hectic and conflict-ridden workdays. The film also tells the story of two disabled Afghans, the old grandma Fatima, who has travelled several days to get a treatment, and the 8-year-old boy Mehdi, who has lost a leg and most of his family.

Credits Director: Esben Hansen
Producer: Esben Hansen
Cinematographer: Esben Hansen
 Jens Jensen
Editor: Mette Esmark
Sound: Paw Andersen
 Steen Bondrop
Main character: Alberto Cairo

Company / Institution Production: Xanadu Productions
Distributor: Aarhus Filmworkshop

Ethnicity and locality Etnic group: Pasthu
 Tadjik
 Hazara
Continent: Central Asia
Country: Afghanistan - af
Location
 (City, village, region, mountains, etc.): Kabul

Tipology Type: non-fiction film
Form: documentary film

Related sciences Natural science: medicine


Keyword: young people
 war

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