The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic76/100
92 audience votes
Key crew
- Mohsen MakhmalbafDirector
Cast
- Nelofer PaziraNafas
- Ike OgutNaghadar
- Hassan TantaiTabib Sahid
- Sadou TeymouriKhak
- Hoyatala HakimiHayat
- Noam MorgenszternThree children (voice)
- Monica HankievichCast
- Zahra ShafahiCast
- Safdar ShodjaiCast
- Mollazaher TeymouriCast
Stills
Themes
middle eastrefugeeafghanistanislamfaminemujahidbased on true storysistertalibanteachertraveldisappearance