The Kite Runner – Teignmouth Film Society

Teignmouth Film Society

The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Benioff and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini.

It tells the story of Amir a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet military intervention, the mass exodus of Afghan refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.

Tickets £5 – On The Door Only
Bar Opens at 7pm | Screening at 8pm

• Director: Marc Foster
• Actors: Khalid Abdallah, Zekeria Ebrahimi
• Country: USA
• Year of Release: 2007
• Running Time: 128 mins
• Language: Dari, English, Pashtu, Urdu
• Genre: Drama