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The Kite Runner (2007)

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Year of U.S. Release: 2007

Starring: Shaun Toub, Khalid Abdalla, Nasser Memarzia, Said Taghmaoui, Atossa Leoni.

Director: Marc Forster

Screenwriter(s): David Benioff, Paul Abbott, Khaled Hosseini

Producer(s): Marc Forster, Pippa Harris, William Horberg, Rebecca Yeldham

Distributor: Paramount Vantage

Prod. Company: Wonderland

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 2 hrs. 2 min.

U.S. Release Date: December 14, 2007 (Limited)

U.S. DVD Release Date: March 25, 2008

Rated

for strong thematic material including the rape of a child, violence and brief strong language..

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A man grows up in California is forced as an adult to return to his native Afghanistan to right a long-standing wrong and rescue the son of a childhood friend.

Plot Summary:

Spanning from the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy to the atrocities of the Taliban reign, an epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, an unlikely friendship develops between Amir, the son of a wealthy Afghan businessman, and Hassan, a servant to Amir and his father. During a kite-flying tournament, an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever. As an adult haunted by the childhood betrayal, Amir seeks redemption by returning to his war-torn native land to make peace with himself and reconcile his cowardice.

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