The Kite Runner
- 2007
- US
- 128 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Marc Forster
- Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, Homayoun Ershadi
- Website: www.kiterunnermovie.com
Gripping and moving adaptation of the novel by Khaled Hosseini, about two boys whose ordinary lives become caught up in Afghanistan's tumultuous politics. Spanning three decades and two continents, The Kite Runner is a saga of guilt, regret and redemption. As a meditation on Afghanistan, it will always have to stand in line with Siddiq Barmak's disturbing Osama and Samira Makhmalbaf's At Five in the Afternoon, but that is fine company to keep.
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The Kite Runner
13 Dec 2007
(12A) 127min
This adaptation of Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini’s popular novel arrives in cinemas trailed by the news that its two young stars have been evacuated out of Afghanistan by the film’s producers, for fear of reprisals from still active Sunni…
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