The Kite Runner71%

Name: The Kite Runner
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007
Duration: 2 h 8 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Khalid Abdalla, Elham Ehsas, Homayoun Ershadi

Movie 2007-12-14 2h 8m Drama National Board of Review: Top Ten Films 1 Satellite Award for Best Original Score 1

★ 7.3 / 10 · 1,267 votes

Ratings

Combined

70.7 %

9 sources

IMDb

7.5 /10

85,484 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

65 %

177 votes

Metacritic

61 %

34 votes

Letterboxd

3.4 /5

32,982 votes

RT Audience

84 %

10,007 votes

Trakt

75 %

1,464 votes

TMDB

73 %

1,269 votes

Metacritic Users

7.4 /10

53 votes

Roger Ebert

4.0 /10

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

Status

Released

2007-12-14

Runtime

2h 8m

Box office

$73,276,047

Studios

Wonderland Films , Sidney Kimmel Entertainment , Participant

Country

China

Languages

English, Portuguese, Pushto, Russian, Urdu

Links

IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

2008 Best Original Score Nominated

Golden Globe Awards 2 nominated

2007 Best Non-English Language Film Nominated
2007 Best Original Score Nominated

BAFTA Awards 3 nominated

2008 Best Original Music Nominated
2008 Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
2008 Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films 1 won

— National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Won

Prêmio Contigo! de TV for best supporting actress 1 nominated

2010 best supporting actress Nominated Cleo

Satellite Award for Best Original Score 1 won

2007 Best Original Score Won Alberto Iglesias

Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1 nominated

2007 Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated

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Director

Marc Forster

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