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Genres:
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Drama /
Romance /
Music
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Director:
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Marc Forster
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Actors:
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Homayoun Ershadi,
Khalid Abdalla,
Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada,
Zekeria Ebrahimi,
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada,
Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi,
Nabi Tanha,
Elham Ehsas,
Bahram Ehsas,
Tamim Nawabi,
Mohamad Nabi Attai,
Mohamad Nadir Sarwari,
Mustafa Haidari,
Atossa Leoni,
Shaun Toub
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Duration:
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128 min.
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Rating:
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(7.8/10)210.5
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Plot Summary:
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In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara stripling Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's sire house, playing and kitting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good primogenitor Baba blames him looking for the death of his in the execution, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassam to him. In return, Amir feels a great be considerate inasmuch as his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a man of letters. After Amir triumphant a competition of ki... tting, Hassam runs to depose a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped via the crude Assef in an empty street to shelter Amir's kite; the coward Amir endorse the but does not help the unwavering Hassam. On the day after his birthday romp, Amir hides his immature care for in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his minister to alight Ali, releasing his sense of right from recalling his cowardliness and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir to Pakistan. In 1988, they suffer with a above-board life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a renowned college for the hubris and exultation of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the ruin of Baba, Amir is a legendary novelist and receives a phone castigate from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets adjacent to his one's nearest, forcing Amir to benefit to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption.Read more Less
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Kite Runner, The
Alissa SimonAn Afghan emigre returns to his homeland to redeem his sins -- and those of his father -- in The Kite Runner. With careful nurturing, helmer Marc Forster's richly detailed screen translation of Khaled Hosseini's beloved bestseller should reach beyond the book's many fans. Nuanced perfs and standout production design convey story in cinematic terms, preserving the narrative's emotional power and historical sweep as it spans continents and decades. While the largely unknown cast and subtitled dialogue may present a marketing challenge, they also create a feeling of authenticity in this poignant, intimate epic, which should attract a strong following among discerning audiences.
Paramount Vantage, which is rolling out The Kite Runner under its Paramount C...
Kite Runner, The
Claudia PuigThe Kite Runner soars with emotion and sensitivity. Khaled Hosseini's epic novel of fathers and sons is capably adapted by director Marc Forster into a moving and evocative film. Though the book delved more deeply into the culture and changing politics of Afghanistan than the film does, the movie still is powerful and sweeping. In a way, it works more effectively that the movie is more intimate in scope than the wide-ranging book, with its Dickensian themes of betrayal, shame, honor and redemption. At the heart of the film are the deeply affecting and believable performances of two child actors. Zekiria Ebrahimi plays Amir, the book's primary protagonist, the privileged son of an educated man. Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada is Hassan, the kit...
Kite Runner, The
Once a register becomes a chief success, it's usually only a amount of duration before the Hollywood adaptation arrives - but the journey from age to room divider isn't always a flat one. Things can be even harder if the rules deals with foreign cultures (without doubt shown by the lacklustre Memoirs Of A Geisha), but fans of the bestselling story 'The Kite Runner' before Khaled Hosseini can moderate, as they've gotten a surprisingly nuanced and relatively faithful accommodation, tackling life in the Central East without applying too much cinematic gloss. The film follows the excuse of Amir (Ebrahimi) and Hassan (Mahmidzada), two minor boys growing up in Afghanistan in the recent 1970s. While Amir is the son of a ludicrous businessman, and Hassan is the child ...
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