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NOT KIDDING AROUND Ahmed Khan Mahmoodzada (left) and Zekiria Ebrahimi each give accomplished performances in The Kite Runner
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Release Date: Mar 25, 2008; Rated: PG-13; Genre: Drama; With: Zekiria Ebrahimi, Khalid Abdalla and Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada; Distributor: Paramount Classics

''There is a way to be good again.'' So says a wise old man to Amir (Khalid Abdalla), who's stirred to atone for betraying a friend during his youth in late-1970s Afghanistan. Marc Forster directs this adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's '03 novel gracefully, but it's the remarkable Afghan child actors Zekiria Ebrahimi (as young Amir) and Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada (the friend) who give The Kite Runner its emotional punch. EXTRAS Oddly, neither a filmmakers' commentary nor featurettes mention the Afghan boys' relocation to the United Arab Emirates over fears that Kite's controversial content made them vulnerable in their homeland. B


Posted Mar 21, 2008
 

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