Kandahar
Release Date:
December 14, 2001
Studio: Avatar Films
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Screenwriter:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Starring: Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hayatalah Hakimi
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official Website:
Kandaharthemovie.com
Review: 3/5 stars
DVD/VHS: Not available
Movie Poster: Not available
Plot Summary:
Nelofer Pazira plays Nafas, an Afghan-born journalist living in Canada, who fled her country as a teenager. She receives a letter from her sister, who was maimed by a landmine and left behind during the escape, about her intentions to end her life. Despondent over her oppressed and hopeless situation in Taliban-controlled Kandahar, she vows to kill herself during the last eclipse of the century, which happens in a mere 3 days. Desperately racing against time, Nafas sets out on a perilous journey into a land where it's illegal for women to travel alone. Covered by the required and restrictive burqa, her faceless character meets others along the way who reveal a different but real facet of life as experienced by the people of Afghanistan.
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