Kandahar

2001

Drama

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 89% · 100 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 7193 7.2K

middle east refugee afghanistan islam famine mujahid

Plot summary

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.

Director

Mohsen Makhmalbaf Photo
Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Top cast

Fahim Fazli Photo
Fahim Fazli as Commander Latif
Monica Hankievich Photo
Monica Hankievich as
Zahra Shafahi Photo
Zahra Shafahi as
Hoyatala Hakimi Photo
Hoyatala Hakimi as Hayat
480p.DVD
720.71 MB
496*256
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles ro  
29.97 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by stensson 7 / 10

Unbelievable life conditions

If you really want to know, especially if you are a woman, how it was and in many ways probably still is, to live in Afghanistan, you should see this movie. This is truly shocking, without any seen physical violence. But the violence here is anyway bigger than in most "action movies" together.The plot is about the Afghanian woman who is living in Canada. She has, through un-official ways, heard that her sister, still living i Kandahar, is planning to commit suicide. The Canadian/Afghanian woman tries to reach her sister and Kandahar. But there are obstacles, so to say.This is like seeing a documentary and you get a real illusion of the terrible Afghan life. It deforms everyone, but it's also clear that it's not only the Taliban regime which is to blame for everything. Poverty deforms people morally. It even deforms the war victims without legs, who tries to cheat in rough ways to get prosthesis, obviously in order to sell them. This is to be recommended. Definitely not a mainstream film.
Reviewed by manisg 8 / 10

must watch to see whats happen in afgan

I amazed with Hindu devotional song used in background.

It reminds that all god are same one and only but we pray at differently.

I have seen good movie, second to About Elly. Good movie. must watch.

It pictured day to day life of Afghan women.

It induce lot of inner questions like Dr. in this film.

Why should all happen for that people? why they can not like others in this world?

Director & lead charter in this story done marvelous work.

All charter brings the really in their face.

I love background music , really fantastic.

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