The Kite Runner (2007)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 128 minuten
Alternative title: De Vliegeraar
Country:
United States / China
Directed by: Marc Forster
Stars: Shaun Toub, Saïd Taghmaoui and Khalid Abdalla
IMDb score:
7,5 (85.309)
Releasedate: 14 December 2007
The Kite Runner plot
"There is a way to be good again."
Amir and Hassan are fed by the same nurse and grow up together in the capital of Afghanistan. At the annual kite competition in Kabul, Amir is the kite runner, the one who holds the rope of the kite. Hassan is his sidekick, the kite catcher. When something terrible happens to Hassan, he betrays his faithful companion. After the Russian invasion, Amir and his father flee to the United States. Amir builds a new life there, but he cannot forget Hassan. The discovery of a shocking family secret eventually takes him back to Afghanistan.
Actors and actresses
Young Hassan
Soraya
Amir
Young Assef
Baba
Farid
Party Worker
Rahim Kahn
Young Amir
Sohrab
Reviews & comments
Don Homer
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- 510 messages
- 1297 votes
Beautiful film that, in my opinion, gives an authentic picture of life in Afghanistan in the 60s, 70s and some 30 years later. The problems of that country are made clear by the gripping story of the two friends. The repetition of traumas was intense and Amir's attempt to structurally improve this and thereby redeem his own guilt (feeling) towards Hassan moved me. He also broke through his own trauma, he now dared to show courage.
Seems like an interesting book to read.
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De filosoof
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- 2544 messages
- 1743 votes
Beautiful drama against the background of the history of Afghanistan. Undoubtedly the book is richer and better, but especially if you haven't read the book (like me) then the film knows how to captivate from the beginning and move you towards the end.
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Lovelyboy
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- 4059 messages
- 3041 votes
Film that can be compared to Incendies in terms of story and background, but at the same time remains far from that level. By the way, never read the book, so no frame of reference in that area, although it is clear after reading most of the comments that the film does not exactly do the book justice.
As usual I have a lot of trouble with the child's perspective in the beginning, especially with that flying kite, something that is not due to the film, but to me. The culture and era is very nice to see, but it doesn't interest me very much. The flight for the Russians to America is not particularly cliché, just like the call to go back, the fact that things have gone badly for Hassan and that Amir naturally adopts the son after a difficult search.
The Kite Runner didn't really appeal to me and I was therefore ready that the film was over. Just not my thing despite I started it with reasonable expectations and good courage.
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