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Category Foreign Films DVDs, Foreign Film Movies, Dramas Videos, Recommended, True Story, Women, Journalists/Journalism, Desert, Taliban
Starring Niloufar Pazira, Hayatalah Hakimi, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri
Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Composer Mahamed Reza Darvishi
Director of Photography Ebraham Ghafouri
Producer Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Screenwriter Mohsen Makhmalbaf
In this epic tale of hop and courage, Nafas, an Afghan-born Canadian journalist, returns to her homeland in a desperate attempt to reah her sister. Overcome with grief after being injured by a landmine and her despair over the Taliban's systemic oppression of women, she has vowed to commit suicide at the time of the next solar eclipse, only three days away. This film won the Eucenical Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival of 2001.

Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf presents this partially fictionalized documentary that illustrates the suffering of Afghan women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in the year 2000. The quiet, stark, powerful film follows an Afghan native, Nafas (the stunningly beautiful Noulifar Pazira), who left Afghanistan years back and got a journalism degree in Canada, upon which she built a career reporting the plight of women in oppressive nations. When she receives a letter from her sister, who is still in Afghanistan and who has decided that she will kill herself on the night of the next eclipse, Nafas decides to sneak back inside the border to rescue her. Traveling in a Red Cross helicopter to Pakistan, where she is lead on a treacherous all-night trek across an icy river and over deadly mountains, Nafas finally crosses over the border. But from there she must get to Kandahar, with only three days left before the eclipse. As a woman in Afghanistan she cannot speak out loud, travel without a husband, or show her face, elements which make her journey nearly impossible. Disguised in a heavy head-to-toe burka (the mandatory dress for women), she begins a Kafkaesque journey across the barren land, encountering obstacles both threatening and mesmerizing along the way.

IN THEATRES: DECEMBER 14, 2001 (NY/LA)

Kandahar Reviews:

"...One of the most visually stunning movies since Martin Scorsese's KUNDUN..." -- Mike Clark, USA Today

"...The director displays talent by providing notes of absurdity and unforgettable visuals....His compensatory touches have a jaw-dropping power..."-- Elvis Mitchell, New York Times

"...[Makhmalbaf's] artful deployment of colour, imagery and irony frequently gives a strange otherworldliness to what, in other hands, would be straight reportage..." -- Sheila Whitaker, Sight and Sound

"..A powerful depiction of oppression and hardship under Taliban rule….KANDAHAR is a film of passion and immediacy…" -- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

This is the only Niloufar Pazira video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Hayatalah Hakimi, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri.

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List Price $29.96 (You save $4.77)
Studio New Yorker Video
Orig Year 2001
DVD Encoding Region 1
All Time Sales Rank   33459  
CD Universe Part number 5603736
Catalog number 85303D
Discs 1
Release Date Feb 01, 2007
Rating Not Rated
Also Known As Kandehar
Running Time 85 Minutes
Additional Info Widescreen
Movie Details Color; Letter Boxed; Widescreen
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Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars Reality in Afghanistan
The movie which was a[pparently produced in Iran or by Iranians and Afghans was incredibly moving. Leaving the ending open added to the mystery. The frustrations experienced by the main character trying to move in a country that was now truly foreign to her Canadian culture was revealing. She was resourceful yet naive in her dealings with very dangerous people. The filming, backround and characters was extremely well done. It appeared to be a documentary rather than designed movie.
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Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
Letterbox -
1.85
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: LIFTING THE VEIL
Audio Commentary: Nelofir Pazira - Star
Trailers:

1. International Trailer
2. Original U.S. Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos
Biographies:

1. Mohsen Makhmalbaf - Director
2. Select Cast




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