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The Kite Runner

20077.3 / 10128 min

Drama

Overview

There is a way to be good again.

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

Cast

Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada

Young Hassan

Atossa Leoni

Soraya

Khalid Abdalla

Amir

Elham Ehsas

Young Assef

Homayoun Ershadi

Baba

Saïd Taghmaoui

Farid

Mustafa Haidari

Party Worker

Shaun Toub

Rahim Kahn

Zekeria Ebrahimi

Young Amir

Ali Danish Bakhty Ari

Sohrab

Nabi Tanha

Ali

Bahram Ehsas

Wali

Tamim Nawabi

Kamal

Mohamad Nabi Attai

Uncle Saifo the Kite Seller

Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi

Business Man in Baba's Study

Mohamad Nadir Sarwari

Spice Merchant

Kenny Santiago Marrero

Russian Solider (uncredited)

Abe Nevin

Kid in Park (Uncredited)

Crew

Marc Forster

Director

Khaled Hosseini

Novel

Roberto Schaefer

Director of Photography

David Benioff

Screenplay

Sam Mendes

Executive Producer

William Horberg

Producer

Jake Rice

Digital Intermediate

E. Bennett Walsh

Producer

Matt Chessé

Editor

Mike Brosius

Digital Intermediate

Linda Williams

Digital Intermediate

Eriko Miyagawa

Casting

Rebecca Yeldham

Producer

Alex Olivares

First Assistant Editor

Nancy Fuller

Digital Intermediate

Kate Dowd

Casting

Chantal Nong Vo

Producer's Assistant

Alberto Iglesias

Original Music Composer

Lora Hirschberg

Sound Re-Recording Mixer