In the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, a widowed father expects his only son to follow in his footsteps. Darra Adam Khel is home to the ethnic Pashtuns. The local industry is the handcrafting of firearms. It has been this way since long before the war on terror. Eleven-year-old Niaz Afridi works with his father learning how to make and test weapons just as Sher Alam learnt from his father before him. But Niaz doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps. He wants to go to school.
Niaz Khan Shinwari
as The Son
Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad
as The Father
Baktiyar Ahmed Afridi
as The Uncle
Anousha Vasif Shinwari
as Anousha Baktiyar
Fazal Bibi
as Grandma
Khaista Mir
as Pite Afridi / Shell-catching boy
Hayat Khan Shinwari
as Hayat Afridi
Agha Jaan
as Agha Jaan
Noor Ullah
as Agha Jaan's son
Mubasir Afridi
as Rabab player
Sarwar Khan Shinwari
as Grandpa
Khalid Khan
as Dentist
