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Kandahar

2001 · 85 min

A somber, documentary-like journey through a devastated landscape, heavy with quiet desperation and a sense of impending loss.

Directed by
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nelofer Pazira, Ike Ogut, Hassan Tantai
Overview
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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Directed by
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nelofer Pazira, Ike Ogut, Hassan Tantai
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
  • war
  • gender
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Starring
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Cinematography
Ebrahim Ghafori, Hossein Amiri
Runtime
85 min
Country
Iran, France
Languages
Pushto, Persian, Polish, English

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