The Swallows of Kabul (2019)

★ 7.7 1h 21m 224 votes IMDb
Drama Animated
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Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.

The Swallows of Kabul

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Simon Abkarian
Simon Abkarian as Atiq (voice) Age 64 · Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France Simon Abkarian (born 5 March 1962) is a French-Armenian actor. Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an A...
Zita Hanrot
Zita Hanrot as Zunaira (voice) Age 36 · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France Zita Hanrot (born 7 December 1989) is a French actress. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2016 for her role in the film Fatima..
Swann Arlaud
Swann Arlaud as Mohsen (voice) Age 45 · Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine, France Swann Arlaud (born 25 March 1981) is a French actor. He has appeared in films such as Romantics Anonymous (2010), Elles (2011), Les Anarchistes (2015), The Wakhan Front (2015), Baden Baden (2016), Blo...
Hiam Abbass
Hiam Abbass as Mussarat (voice) Age 65 · Nazareth, Israel Hiam Abbass (Arabic: هيام عباس; Hebrew: היאם עבאס; born 30 November 1960), also spelled Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and film director with Israeli and French citizenship. She is known for he...
Jean-Claude Deret
Jean-Claude Deret as Nazish (voice)
Sébastien Pouderoux
Sébastien Pouderoux as Qassim (voice) Age 43
Director Zabou Breitman
Cast Simon Abkarian, Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud, Hiam Abbass, Jean-Claude Deret, Sébastien Pouderoux, Serge Bagdassarian, Michel Jonasz, Pascal Elbé

Audience Reviews

SWITCH. 9/10 Feb 20, 2020
In Afghanistan, simply drawing a human being is forbidden. This makes 'The Swallows of Kabul' an even more aesthetically and narratively beautiful example of the affecting power of humanist and feminist ideas that animation offers.
- Jake Watt

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https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-swallows-of-kabul-unflinching-and-gorgeously-animated

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