The kite runner DVD 2007 Papírsárkányok / Directed by Marc Forster / Starring: Khalid Abdalla, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan

UPC 5996255726749

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REGION 2 PAL DVD

AUDIO: English 5.1, Hungarian 5.1, Czech 5.1, Polish 2.0

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian, Czech, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Slovenian, Icelandic, Portuguese, Slovak

TOTAL RUNTIME: 123 MINUTES

English Summary:

The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Benioff and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet military intervention, the mass exodus of Afghan refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.

Setting: San Francisco, 2000

The film opens with an Afghan-American writer, Amir Qadiri, and his wife, Soraya, who are watching children flying kites at a bayside park. When they arrive home, Amir finds waiting for him packages of his new novel, A Season for Ashes, which has just been published. Soraya refers to the book as Amir's "baby," hinting at the couple's inability to have a child of their own. Amir then receives an unexpected call from an old friend of his father's, Rahim Khan, who is living in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Flashback: Kabul, 1978–79

Ten-year-old Amir is the son of a wealthy man, known locally by the honorific title "Agha Sahib." (Amir refers to him as "Baba," meaning "father.") Agha Sahib, a philanthropist and iconoclast, is a Pashtun living in Kabul. Amir's best friend Hassan is the son of the Agha Sahib's Hazara servant, Ali. Amir participates in the sport of kite fighting, popular among the boys of Kabul. Two kite flyers compete to cut each other's kite strings, the defeated kite becoming the prize of the winner. Hassan serves as Amir's spool-holder and "kite runner," who retrieves the defeated kite. Hassan has the ability to determine where the loose kite will land without watching its course through the air. Hassan has deadly aim with his slingshot, and one day on Hassan's birthday, Amir gives Hassan a slingshot made in the United States. Hassan pledges his loyalty to Amir, swearing that he would eat dirt if Amir so asked.

Hungarian Summary:

A háború szélén álló, kettészakadt országban két gyermekkori jóbarát, Amír és Hasszán örökre elszakad egymástól. Gyönyörű délután van Kabulban, az égen magasra szárnyal a kitörő öröm és az ártatlan sárkányeregető verseny számtalan gyönyörű résztvevője. Ám a győzelem keserű következményeként az egyik fiú gyáván elárulja a másikat, és ez tragikus események sorát indítja el... És elkezdődik a megváltáshoz vezető keserves út... 20 évvel később a már Amerikában élő Amír visszatér a tálibok által vasmarokkal uralt, veszedelmes Afganisztánba, hogy szembenézzen a sötét titkokkal, melyek még mindig kísértik őt, és hogy egy utolsó merész próbálkozással megpróbáljon mindent jóvátenni.

Cast  /  Szereplők:

• Khalid Abdalla as Amir Qadiri, a young novelist who fled to the U.S. as a boy during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
• Zekeria Ebrahimi as Young Amir
• Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada as Young Hassan, Amir's childhood friend who was the victim of brutal torment. It's later revealed Hassan was Amir's brother.
• Homayoun Ershadi as the Agha Sahib (Baba)
• Atossa Leoni as Soraya, the daughter of General Taheri and Amir's spouse.
• Shaun Toub as Rahim Khan
• Saïd Taghmaoui as Farid
• Abdul Salaam Yusoufzai as Assef, Amir and Hassan's childhood tormenter who became a Taliban official as an adult.
• Elham Ehsas as Young Assef
• Ali Danish Bakhtyari as Sohrab
• Maimoona Ghezal as Jamila Taheri
• Abdul Qadir Farookh as General Taheri
• Khaled Hosseini (cameo) as Doctor in the park
• Camilo Cuervo as a Taliban Soldier
• Nasser Memarzia as Zaman, an orphanage director
• Mohamad Amin Rahimi as a Taliban official who made speeches in Ghazi Stadium
• Chris Verrill as Dr. Starobin, a Russian-American doctor
• Amar Kureishi as Dr. Amani, an Iranian doctor
• Nabi Tanha as Ali, Agha Sahib's house servant
• Ehsan Aman as a singer at Amir's and Soraya's wedding
• Mehboob Ali as Amir's taxi driver in Pakistan