The Kite Runner (5-Oct-2007)
Director: Marc Forster Writer: David Benioff From novel: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Music by: Alberto Iglesias Producers: William Horberg; Walter Parkes; Rebecca Yeldham; E. Bennett Walsh Keywords: Drama, Rape, Afghanistan An Afghanistan-born California man, haunted by a betrayal of a childhood friend, returns home to save the friend's son.
ABSTRACT Amir, a Pushtun boy enjoying a privileged life towards the end of 1970s Afghanistan's monarchy, enjoys a friendship with Hassan, a Hazara son of Amir's house's servant. Amir wins a kiting competition one day, failing to stand up for Hassan when he is raped while attempting to bring him a kite in an act of betrayal that would forever haunt him. Years later, Amir, now a famous writer based out of California, is compelled to return to war-torn Afghanistan when he receives a call informing him that Hassan's murder at the hands of the Taliban has placed his son in danger. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Khaled Hosseini |
Novelist |
4-Mar-1965 |
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The Kite Runner |
CAST Khalid Abdalla | ... Amir | Atossa Leoni | ... Soraya | Shaun Toub | ... Rahim Khan | Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada | ... Omar | Zekeria Ebrahimi | ... Young Amir | Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada | ... Young Hassan | Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi | ... Business Man in Baba's Study | Homayoun Ershadi | ... Baba | Nabi Tanha | ... Ali | Elham Ehsas | ... Young Assef | Bahram Ehsas | ... Wali | Tamim Nawabi | ... Kamal | Mohamad Nabi Attai | ... Uncle Saifo the Kite Seller | Mohamad Nadir Sarwari | ... Spice Merchant | Mustafa Haidari | ... Party Worker | Ahmad Yasar Shir Agha | ... Birthday Singer | Mohammad Aman Joya | ... Mahmood | Abdul Azim Wahabzada | ... Karim | Vsevolod Sevanchos | ... Soviet Union Soldier | Sayed Miran Farhad | ... Burly Man in Truck | Murina Abudukelimu | ... Young Wife in Truck | Igor Radchenko | ... Soviet Union Officer | Larry Brown | ... Gas Station Customer | L. Peter Callender | ... Dean of Students | Jesse Robertson | ... Man at Bar | Josh Chamberlain | ... Pool Player | Marco Mazariegos | ... Pool Player | Shaan Price | ... Pool Player | Qadir Farookh | ... Gen. Taheri | Peg McKibbin | ... Flea Market Customer | Chris Verrill | ... Dr. Starobin | Amar Kureishi | ... Dr. Amani | Maimoona Ghizal | ... Jamila Taheri | Mohammad Ehsan Aman | ... Wedding Singer | Yunus Osman | ... Cemetery Mullah | Mehboob Ali | ... Pakistan Taxi Driver | Sa�d Taghmaoui | ... Farid | Nasser Memarzia | ... Zaman the Orphanage Director | Abdul Salam Yusoufzai | ... Assef | Mohamad Amin Rahimi | ... Taliban Stadium Speaker | Aziz Raxidi | ... Assef Guard | Khalil Ahmad Nooryan | ... Assef Guard | Ali Danish Bakhtyari | ... Sohrab | Hameeda Hamraz | ... Rahim Khan's Neighbor | Kaiser Doulat-Beek | ... Man at Mosque | Ahmad Shah Alam | ... Man in the Park | Khaled Hosseini | ... Doctor in the Park | Habib Zargi | ... Park Kite Seller | Houshmand Habib | ... Kite Flyer Kid | Lukas Ferreira | ... Kite Spooler Kid |
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