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The Kite Runner, 2007

Starring: Khalid Abdalla, Homayon Ershadi, Shaun Toub, Atossa Leoni

Directed by: Marc Forster

Written by: David Benioff

Language: English, Dari, Pashtu, Urdu, Russian

Country: USA

Runtime: 128 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:7.7

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The mood of The Kite Runner is emotional, sincere, and disturbing. The plot centers around betrayal, being haunted by the past, and psychological motives. It is a drama movie. Stylistically, The Kite Runner is epic. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The Kite Runner is set in Afghanistan and the Middle East. It happens in the 1980s and in contemporary times. It is based on a book. The Kite Runner is known for being an award winner. Note that it includes profanity and violent content.

Summary of The Kite Runner

Based on the international bestseller by Khaled Hosseini, THE KITE RUNNER is a fascinating historical epic set in 20th-century Afghanistan. In 1978, Amir (Zekiria Ebrahimi) and Hassan (Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada) are young boys living in Kabul, where Hassan and his father, Ali (Nabi Tanha), work as servants for Amir and his father, Baba (Homayoun Ershadi). Amir and Hassan make an excellent team in kite competitions, with Hassan having a gift for running down kites, but after one contest, he is bullied by Assef (Elham Ehsas), who does unspeakable things to him as Amir watches from a distance and then runs away, not helping his friend. As the Russians and then the Taliban take over Afghanistan, Baba and Amir escape to America, where they make a new home in San Francisco. But even as he graduates from college and meets a beautiful young woman, Soraya (Atossa Leoni), who is also from Kabul, Amir (now played by Khalid Abdalla) is haunted by his cowardice and can't turn down an opportunity to try to make things right when it is offered by his father's old friend Rahim Khan (Shaun Toub)--even if it means risking his life. THE KITE RUNNER was adapted for the screen by David Benioff (THE 25TH HOUR), with much of the dialogue spoken in Dari, one of the primary languages in Afghanistan. Director Marc Foster (MONSTER'S BALL, FINDING NEVERLAND) does a deft job navigating the complicated story, which moves from Afghanistan to San Francisco and Pakistan (with much of the film actually shot in China), using many nonprofessional actors and a subtle score composed by Alberto Iglesias. Ebrahimi and Mahmoodzada make impressive debuts, with solid work by Abddalla, Leoni, and especially Ershadi.

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Language:	English, Dari, Pashtu, Urdu, Russian
Country:	USA
Release date:	October 2007
Runtime:	128 min

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Khalid Abdalla

as Amir

Homayon Ershadi

as Baba

Shaun Toub

as Rahim Khan

Atossa Leoni

as Soraya

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Whatever our misfortune, The Kite Runner says, sometimes we are fortunate enough to get a second chance to make amends for a first mistake. Full Review

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by: Carrie Rickey

Variety

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. Full Review

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by: Alissa Simon

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Khaled- middlebrow -Hosseini's The Kite Runner gets the Marc Forster treatment, as the novel's account of class divide, lost innocence, and cultural masculinity are pushed aside to make way for CGI-laden kite-flying and laughably simplistic... Read and rate it

14.October.2009
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by: j7m7f7
j7m7f7 rated this movie0/10

The cinematography is excellent. The acting is fair. The standout is Homayon Ershadi, as Baba. He is riveting and in full emotional control. Otherwise, the cast seems without emotion, and almost bored with their characters. The plot, which I assume... Read and rate it

20.March.2009
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by: sethdellinger
sethdellinger rated this movie0/10

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