Kandahar (2001)
May 11, 2001Release Date
Kandahar (2001)
May 11, 2001Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Ike Ogut
Naghadar
Nelofer Pazira
Nafas
Hassan Tantai
Tabib Sahid
Sadou Teymouri
Khak
Hoyatala Hakimi
Hayat
Noam Morgensztern
Three children (voice)
Monica Hankievich
Fahim Fazli
Commander Latif
Zahra Shafahi
Safdar Shodjai
Mollazaher Teymouri
Behroz Shahamat
Sound Designer
Faroukh Fadace
Sound Designer
Akbar Meshkini
Set Designer
Hossein Amiri
Director of Photography
Hashem Gerami
Director of Photography
Mastane Mohajer
Editor
M. R. Sharifiniya
Still Photographer
Siamak Alagheband
Production Manager
Abbas Sagharisaz
Producer
Mohammad Reza Darvishi
Music
Ebrahim Ghafori
Director of Photography
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Director / Author / Producer
Kaveh Moinfar
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
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Kandahar (Dari: قندهار, "Qandahar") is a 2001 Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, set in Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban. Its original Afghan title is Safar-e Ghandehar (سفر قندهار), which means "Journey to Kandahar", and it is alternatively known as The Sun Behind the Moon. The film is based on a partly true, partly fictionalized story of Nafas, a successful Afghan-Canadian woman played by Nelofer Pazira.
The film recounts the attempts of Nafas to return to Afghanistan after receiving a letter from her sister, who was left behind when the family escaped from Afghanistan years earlier. Nafas makes this desperate mission in an effort to rescue her sister, who has written in her letter that she plans to commit suicide on the last solar eclipse of the millennium.
Kandahar was filmed mostly in Iran, including at the Niatak refugee camp, but also secretly in Afghanistan itself. Most people, including Nelofer Pazira, played themselves.