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The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

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The Kite Runner

"There is a way to be good again."

2007

2h 8m

7.3(1287 votes)

Drama

Overview

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

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Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

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Parkes+MacDonald Production

Neal Street Productions

DreamWorks Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Khalid Abdalla

Khalid Abdalla

Amir

Homayoun Ershadi

Homayoun Ershadi

Baba

Shaun Toub

Shaun Toub

Rahim Kahn

Atossa Leoni

Atossa Leoni

Soraya

Saïd Taghmaoui

Saïd Taghmaoui

Farid

Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada

Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada

Young Hassan

Elham Ehsas

Elham Ehsas

Young Assef

Mustafa Haidari

Mustafa Haidari

Party Worker

Zekeria Ebrahimi

Zekeria Ebrahimi

Young Amir

Ali Danish Bakhty Ari

Sohrab

Creative team

Directed by: Marc Forster
Written by: David Benioff
Produced by: William Horberg
E. Bennett Walsh

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