Kandahar
2001 · 85 min · Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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Nafas is a reporter who was born in Afghanistan, but fled with her family to Canada when she was a child. However, her sister wasn't so lucky; she lost her legs to a land mine while young, and when Nafas and her family left the country, her sister was accidentally left behind. Nafas receives a letter from her sister announcing that she's decided to commit suicide during the final eclipse before the dawn of the 21st century; desperate to spare her sister's life, Nafas makes haste to Afghanistan, where she joins a caravan of refugees who, for a variety of reasons, are returning to the war-torn nation. As Nafas searches for her sister, she soon gets a clear and disturbing portrait of the toll the Taliban regime has taken upon its people.
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Kandahar (2001) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Cast
Khak
Hayat
Three children (voice)
Details
- Directed by
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Written by
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2001
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Country
- Iran, France
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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