Kandahar

★★★★★

Original title: Safar-e Ghandehar · Turkish title: Ayın Ardındaki Güneş: Kandahar

2001 · 1 h 21 min

Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Drama

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Cast

Nelofer Pazira Hassan Tantai

Credits

Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Plot

An Afghan-Canadian journalist travels to Kandahar to reach her sister before the last solar eclipse of the millennium.

Sinekatalog’s take

Mohsen Makhmalbaf's drama follows an Afghan-Canadian journalist crossing Taliban Afghanistan to save her sister. Poetic and haunting, with striking images of burqas and prosthetics, it drew new attention to the country's plight.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (7,311 votes)
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