Kandahar (2001)

1h 25m
Running Time

May 11, 2001
Release Date

Kandahar (2001)

1h 25m
Running Time

May 11, 2001
Release Date

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Network & Production Companies
Bac Films
StudioCanal
Makhmalbaf Film House Productions

Plot.

After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.

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Cast & Crew.

Nelofer Pazira

Nelofer Pazira

Nafas

Ike Ogut

Ike Ogut

Naghadar

Hassan Tantai

Hassan Tantai

Tabib Sahid

Sadou Teymouri

Sadou Teymouri

Khak

Hoyatala Hakimi

Hoyatala Hakimi

Hayat

Noam Morgensztern

Noam Morgensztern

Three children (voice)

Fahim Fazli

Fahim Fazli

Commander Latif

Monica Hankievich

Monica Hankievich

Zahra Shafahi

Zahra Shafahi

Safdar Shodjai

Safdar Shodjai

Mollazaher Teymouri

Mollazaher Teymouri

M. R. Sharifiniya

M. R. Sharifiniya

Still Photographer

Mohammad Reza Darvishi

Mohammad Reza Darvishi

Music

Siamak Alagheband

Siamak Alagheband

Production Manager

Abbas Sagharisaz

Abbas Sagharisaz

Producer

Akbar Meshkini

Akbar Meshkini

Set Designer

Mastane Mohajer

Mastane Mohajer

Editor

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Author / Producer / Director

Hashem Gerami

Hashem Gerami

Director of Photography

Hossein Amiri

Hossein Amiri

Director of Photography

Behroz Shahamat

Behroz Shahamat

Sound Designer

Faroukh Fadace

Faroukh Fadace

Sound Designer

Ebrahim Ghafori

Ebrahim Ghafori

Director of Photography

Kaveh Moinfar

Kaveh Moinfar

Assistant Director

Details.

Release Date
May 11, 2001

Original Name
Safar e Ghandehar

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 25m

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

islam
middle east
refugee
afghanistan
famine
mujahid
sister
taliban
based on a true story
travel
teacher
disappearance
death
red cross

Wiki.

Kandahar (Dari: قندهار, "Qandahar") is a 2001 Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, set in Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban. Its original Afghan title is Safar-e Ghandehar (سفر قندهار), which means "Journey to Kandahar", and it is alternatively known as The Sun Behind the Moon. The film is based on a partly true, partly fictionalized story of Nafas, a successful Afghan-Canadian woman played by Nelofer Pazira.

The film recounts the attempts of Nafas to return to Afghanistan after receiving a letter from her sister, who was left behind when the family escaped from the country years earlier after the rise of the Taliban. Nafas makes this desperate mission in an effort to rescue her sister, who has written that, because of discriminatory laws passed by the regime, she plans to commit suicide on the last solar eclipse of the millennium.

Kandahar was filmed mostly in Iran, including at the Niatak refugee camp. Some filming took place secretly in Afghanistan. Most people, including Nelofer Pazira, played themselves.

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