There’s not a lot of dialogue in this film, or at least, not much dialogue that you and I will understand. An Australian ex-soldier, Mike, returns to Afghanistan where he served in the army some years earlier. He had been involved on a raid on a village, and he wants to make amends. He doesn’t speak Pashtun, and to put us as viewers in Mike’s place, nothing is translated. The landscape is stark- no wonder armies founder there.
It’s an excellent meditation on repentance and forgiveness.
My rating: 4 stars.
And here’s an interesting video about the making of Jirga
The Resident Judge of Port Phillip 