The Kite Runner (film)

The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay by David Benioff is based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir, a welltodo boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan, the son of his fathers Hazara servant. 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.

The film opens with an AfghanAmerican writer Amir Qadiri Khalid Abdalla and his wife, Soraya Atossa Leoni, 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 Amirs baby, hinting at the couples inability to have a child of their own. Amir then receives an unexpected call from an old friend of his fathers, Rahim Khan Shaun Toub, who is living in Peshawar, Pakistan.Tenyearold Amir played as a child by Zekeria Ebrahimi is the son of a wealthy man Homayoun Ershadi, known locally by the honorific title Agha Sahib. Amir refers to him as Baba, meaning father. Baba, a philanthropist and iconoclast, is a Pashtun living in Kabul. Amirs best friend Hassan Ahmad Khan Mahmizada is the son of the Agha Sahibs Hazara servant, Ali Nabi Tanha. Amir participates in the sport of kite fighting, popular among the boys of Kabul. Two kite flyers compete to cut each others kite strings, the defeated kite becoming the prize of the winner. Hassan serves as Amirs spoolholder 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 Hassans birthday, Amir gives Hassan a slingshot made in America. Hassan pledges his loyalty to Amir, swearing that he would eat dirt if Amir so asked. ........

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