The Kite Runner

Leijapoika / Flyga drake. US (c) 2007 DreamWorks / Kite Runner Holding. D: Marc Forster. SC: David Benioff - based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini (2003). DP: Roberto Schaefer. M: Alberto Iglesias. Starring Khalid Abdalla (Amir), Atossa Leoni (Soraya), Shaun Toub (Rahim Khan), Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada (Omar), Zekeria Ebrahimi (young Amir), Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada (young Hassan). In English, Dari, Pashtu, Urdu, and Russian. 128 min. Released in Finland by UIP / Finnkino with Finnish / Swedish subtitles by Arto Vartiainen / Joanna Erkkilä. Viewed in Kinopalatsi 1, Helsinki, 5 April 2008. - Digital look. - An excellent film, the strength obviously stemming from the Khaled Hosseini book (which I haven't read), but this is also a piece of talented direction from Marc Forster (Monster's Ball). - The film gives passionate insight into the tragedy of Afghanistan through the life story of the two protagonists, Amir and Rahim.