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Dominican Rep. Kandahar
- Original title
- Safar-e Ghandeharaka
- AKA
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- Kandahar
- Year
- 2001
- Running time
- 85 min.
- Country
Iran- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Disability
- Synopsis
- 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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- Awards
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2001: Cannes: Jury Prize Ecuménico2001: Festival of Valladolid - Seminci: nominated to Best Picture - Golden Spike.2001: National Board of Review (NBR): Freedom of Expression Award.
- Critics' reviews
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"This remarkably revealing and timely film, in which the depiction of pain and sorrow is suffused with a sense of beauty and a graceful, flowing style, more than lives up to glowing advance notices."
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"A visually exalting, emotionally horrifying view of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime."
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"Presented without preachiness or affectation, Kandahar is a short, matter-of-fact visit to hell."
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"Though it might lack in Hollywood production values, it overflows with moral impact."
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"The story is simple and true-to-life, and the technique is naturalistic, using nonprofessional actors, photography that emphasizes the characters' environment, and deliberate narrative pacing that mimics real-time events."
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"Watching this film wakes you up; it is a window on an Iran and an Afghanistan we should have taken account of long ago -- seen though a master's eye, felt through a poet's touch."
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"Kandahar does not provide deeply drawn characters, memorable dialogue or an exciting climax. Its traffic is in images"
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"A bleak road movie that often ambles. But its many moments of poetic grace make this haunting and harrowing journey a rewarding one."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 97 My Top 10 Movies from 2001 (16)
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