The Kite Runner
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"For all the pain and loss that The Kite Runner depicts, it is still a film of exhilarating, redemptive humanity, conveying an enduring sense of hope." -- Washington Post
Based on the best selling novel, The Kite Runner is the story of a lost childhood and the opportunity for redemption. In pre-Soviet invasion Afghanistan, two young boys, Amir and Hassan (Zekeria Ebrahimi & Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada) are best friends and the streets of Kabul, their playground until a tragic, violent event separates them. After many years have passed Amir receives a letter asking for help. He decides to journey back to his homeland to finally fulfill his promise to his boyhood friend.
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The Kite Runner is a 2007 film directed by Marc Forster based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
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Due to Afghan mores concerning male rape, Paramount Vantage agreed to relocate the young actors out of the country to the United Arab Emirates and arrange visas, housing and schooling for the young actors and jobs for their guardians. Paramount Vantage accepts responsibility for the living expenses of Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Ali Danish Bakhtyari and Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada until they reach adulthood, a cost some estimated at up to $500,000.
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