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Kandahar [videorecording] : journey into the heart of Afghanistan / [presented by] Avatar Films ; produced by Makhmalbaf Film House, BAC Films and Studio Canal+ ; screenplay by Mohsen Makhmalbaf ; directed & edited by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DVD 85303 | New Yorker VideoLanguage: engper Summary language: French Publication details: [New York] : New Yorker Video, c2003.Description: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1567303102
  • 9781567303100
Other title:
  • Safar e Ghandehar
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 01095
Also issued on VHS.Production credits:
  • Photography, Ebrahim Ghafouri ; music, Mohamad Reza Darvishi.
Awards:
  • Cannes Film Festival, 2001: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Moshen Makhmalbaf)
Cast: Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi.Summary: Nafas, an Afghan-born Canadian journalist, returns to her homeland in a desperate attempt to reach her sister, who, overcome with grief after being injured by a landmine and her despair over the Taliban's oppression of women, has vowed that she will commit suicide at the time of the next solar eclipse, only three days away.
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DVD DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) CM DVD 01095 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000041373

Letterboxed.

DVD.

In English and Farsi with optional English or French subtitles.

Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hoyatala Hakimi.

Photography, Ebrahim Ghafouri ; music, Mohamad Reza Darvishi.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Also issued on VHS.

Nafas, an Afghan-born Canadian journalist, returns to her homeland in a desperate attempt to reach her sister, who, overcome with grief after being injured by a landmine and her despair over the Taliban's oppression of women, has vowed that she will commit suicide at the time of the next solar eclipse, only three days away.

Cannes Film Festival, 2001: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Moshen Makhmalbaf)

Special features: original theatrical trailer, international trailer, "Lifting the Veil" a documentary about the film; cast and director bios and photo gallery.

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