Just because you leave a horrible situation for a better one doesn’t mean that everything is fine, and it doesn’t mean you forget those you left behind. This is true for Amir, the son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, who flees Afghanistan in the 1970s.
Though successful in the United States, Amir carries with him the guilt from a traumatic event involving his childhood friend Hassan. Compelled to return to his homeland, Amir finds familiar enemies in the Taliban-run nation. He must once again confront the brutality he thought he’d left behind, and struggle to prove “there is a way to be good again.”
In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It’s a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament.
But in the aftermath of the day’s victory, one boy’s fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after 20 years of living in America, Amir returns to a perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban’s iron-fisted rule to face the secrets that still haunt him and take one last daring chance to set things right.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Drama 2007, Romance 2007
I cannot wait to see this movie. I love the book and am anxious to see Forster’s adaptation. http://www.kiterunnermovie.com.
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Could be a fantastic move, curious to see how it adapts to the big screen as well.
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