Kandahar

Kandahar (2001)

Safar e Ghandehar

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.

Date of release
2001-05-11
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (93)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Drama
Director
Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Casting

Interesting facts

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Kandahar is a 2001 Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, set in Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban. Its original Afghan title is Safar-e Ghandehar, which means "Journey to Kandahar", and it is alternatively known as The Sun Behind the Moon. The film is based on a partly true, partly fictionalized story of Nafas, a successful Afghan-Canadian woman played by Nelofer Pazira.

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