The Kite Runner (film)

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drama film film

The Kite Runner is a 2007 drama film adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s novel, depicting the complex friendship and betrayal between two boys in Afghanistan against the backdrop of political upheaval.

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instanceOf drama film →
film →
authorOfOriginalWork Khaled Hosseini →
basedOn The Kite Runner (novel) →
cinematographer Roberto Schaefer →
countryOfOrigin United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
depictsEvent Afghan refugee crisis →
Soviet–Afghan War →
director Marc Forster →
distributor Paramount Vantage →
editor Matt Chesse →
filmingLocation China →
Kashgar →
genre drama film →
war drama film →
hasTheme political upheaval in Afghanistan →
mainCharacter Amir →
Assef →
Baba →
Hassan →
Sohrab →
mpaaRating PG-13 →
musicBy Alberto Iglesias →
narrativeFocus betrayal →
father–son relationship →
friendship →
guilt →
redemption →
originalLanguage Dari →
English →
Pashto language →
surface form: "Pashto"
producer Rebecca Yeldham →
Walter F. Parkes NERFINISHED →
William Horberg →
productionCompany DreamWorks Pictures →
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment →
releaseYear 2007 →
runtimeMinutes 128 →
screenwriter David Benioff NERFINISHED →
setInLocation Afghanistan →
Kabul →
United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
setInPeriod 1970s →
1980s →
1990s →
starredActor Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada →
Homayoun Ershadi →
Khalid Abdalla →
Shaun Toub →
Zekeria Ebrahimi →

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Jeff Skoll → notableWork → The Kite Runner (film) →
this entity surface form: "The Kite Runner"
David Benioff → screenwriterOf → The Kite Runner (film) →
David Friedman → screenwriterOf → The Kite Runner (film) →
subject surface form: "David Benioff"
this entity surface form: "The Kite Runner (2007 film)"