Kabuli Kid is a 2008 French-Afghan drama film directed and written by Barmak Akram. It stars Haji Gul Aser, Leena Alam, Valéry Schatz and Amélie Glenn. The film, about a Kabul-based taxi driver who finds an infant left in his back seat, was screened at the 65th Venice International Film Festival at the 23rd International Film Critics' Week and won EIUC Human Rights Film Award. It was produced by Fidélité Films, 4 à 4 Productions, and Les Auteurs Associés.
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| Directed by | Barmak Akram |
| Written by | Barmak Akram |
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| Cinematography | Laurent Fleutot |
| Edited by | Hervé de Luze Elise Fievet Pierre Haberer |
| Music by | Barmak Akram |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | France Afghanistan |
| Language | Persian |
Cast
edit- Haji Gul Aser as Khaled
- Valéry Schatz as Mathieu
- Amélie Glenn as Marie
- Mohammad Chafi Sahel as Baba
- Leena Alam as Khaled's wife
- Messi Gul as the abandoned infant
- Saleha Khan Gul
- Rohina Gul
- Mariam Hakimi
Reception
editThe film was critically acclaimed. Variety wrote: "Observation and narrative are so skillfully intertwined that every detail gestates a potential full-blown story and every story point teems with cultural contradictions. Thus, when Khaled’s wife Leena Alam slips among the veiled women waiting to claim the infant, she silently unleashes a subversively alternate point of view. Highly accomplished tech credits reinforce pic's authenticity."[1]
References
edit- ^ "Kabuli Kid". Variety. 14 September 2008.
External links
edit- Kabuli Kid at IMDb
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