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The Kite Runner
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
2007 · Directed by Marc Forster · 128 min · Drama · 15 frames
Tagline
There is a way to be good again.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Benioff
- Cinematography: Roberto Schaefer
- Edited by: Matt Chessé
- Music: Alberto Iglesias
- Produced by: William Horberg, E. Bennett Walsh, Rebecca Yeldham
Cast
- Khalid Abdalla as Amir
- Homayoun Ershadi as Baba
- Shaun Toub as Rahim Kahn
- Atossa Leoni as Soraya
- Saïd Taghmaoui as Farid
- Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada as Young Hassan
- Elham Ehsas as Young Assef
- Mustafa Haidari as Party Worker
- Zekeria Ebrahimi as Young Amir
- Ali Danish Bakhty Ari as Sohrab
Production
- Country: China, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English, Portuguese, Pushto, Russian, Urdu
- Studios: Wonderland Films, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Participant, Parkes+MacDonald Production
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $73,276,047
- Themes: 1970s, afghanistan, cowardice, hang gliding, afghanistan war (2001-2021), taliban, best friend, cowardliness, kids
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