Feb 05 2008
The Kite Runner
Dir: Marc Forster
Writ: David Benioff based on book by Khaled Hosseini
- Khalid Abdalla … Amir
- Atossa Leoni … Soraya
- Shaun Toub … Rahim Kahn
- Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada … Omar
- Zekeria Ebrahimi … Young Amir
- Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada … Young Hassan
- Homayoun Ershadi … Baba
I haven’t read the book this film is based on so I can’t comment on how well the story makes the translation from one medium to the other. The film tells the story of a young boy growing up in Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion, and so before the Taliban came to power. He is best friends with a younger boy who is the family’s servant’s son, Hassan. We first meet Amir and Hassan when they are flying kites above Kabul. Hassan is the best kite runner in the city; he chases, or runs, down the kites that have had their strings cut. But Hassan is of a different tribe to Amir and so both have to put up with a lot of bullying. As Amir’s Baba laments, Amir rarely stands up for himself, it is always the younger Hassan who fights back.
Tags: 8 Stars, Afghanistan, Ahmed Khan Mahmidzada, Atossa Leoni, based on book, David Benioff, Homayoun Ershadi, Khaled Hosseini, Khalid Abdalla, Marc Forster, R15A, religion, Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibazada, Shaun Toub, subtitled, The Kite Runner, War, Zekeria Ebrahimi