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Dominican Rep. The Kite Runner
- Original title
- The Kite Runner
- Year
- 2007
- Running time
- 122 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- David Benioff. Novel: Khaled Hosseini
- Cast
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Khalid Abdalla- Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada
- Zekeria Ebrahimi
Saïd Taghmaoui- Atossa Leoni
Homayoun Ershadi
Shaun Toub- Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada
- Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi
- Nabi Tanha
- Elham Ehsas
- Bahram Ehsas
- Tamim Nawabi
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Childhood. Friendship. Family Relationships. Social Drama. Soviet-Afghan War
- Synopsis
- Based one on of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Kite Runner is a profoundly emotional tale of friendship, family, devastating mistakes and redeeming love. In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It’s a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day’s victory, one boy’s fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after 20 years of living in America, Amir returns to a perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban’s iron-fisted rule to face the secrets that still haunt him and take one last daring chance to set things right.
- Awards
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2007: Nominated for Oscar: Best Soundtrack2007: 2 Nominations for Golden Globe: Best Foreign Language Picture, OST2007: 3 Nominations for BAFTA: Best Foreign Language Picture, Music and Adap. Screenplay2007: Critics' Choice Awards: Best Young Actor (Mahmoodzada). 2 Nominations2007: National Board of Review: Top 10 - Best Movies of the Year2007: Satellite Awards: Original Score. 2 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"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"
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"At times brutal, at times touching"
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"It helps us to understand that the newcomers among us come from somewhere and are somebody."
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"There is remarkably little of visual interest here; the setups are banal, and the scenes lack tension"
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"For all the pain and loss that The Kite Runner depicts, it is still a film of exhilarating, redemptive humanity"
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"'The Kite Runner' is earnest and sentimental and formulaic and obvious. Watching it, I could understand the fuss over Khaled Hosseini's bestselling novel, but the film didn't make me want to read it."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 59 My Top 10 Movies from 2007 (69)
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