- Animation, Drama
- 81 min
Rotten Tomatoes89%IMDb7.5
Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.
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- SWITCH.on TMDB · Feb 20209/10
In Afghanistan, simply drawing a human being is forbidden. This makes 'The Swallows of Kabul' an even more aesthetically and narratively beautiful example of the affecting power of humanist and feminist ideas that animation offers. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-swallows-of-kabul-unflinching-and-gorgeously-animated
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Cast
- Simon AbkarianAtiq (voice)
- Zita HanrotZunaira (voice)
- Swann ArlaudMohsen (voice)
- Hiam AbbassMussarat (voice)
- Jean-Claude DeretNazish (voice)
- Sébastien PouderouxQassim (voice)
- Serge BagdassarianMollah (voice)
- Michel JonaszProfesseur Arash Bayazid (voice)
- Pascal ElbéMirza (voice)
Crew
- Zabou BreitmanDirector
- Eléa Gobbé-MévellecDirector
- Sébastien TavelScreenplay
- Zabou BreitmanScreenplay
- Patricia MortagneScreenplay
- Yasmina KhadraNovel
- Alexis RaultOriginal Music Composer
- Françoise BernardEditor
- Reginald de GuillebonProducer
- Michel MerktProducer
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