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Kabuli Kid
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Wikipedia article
'Kabuli Kid' is a 2008 French-Afghan drama film directed by Barmak Akram. It stars Haji Gul Aser, Leena Alam, Valry Schatz and Amlie Glenn. The film, about a Kabul-based taxi driver who finds an infant left in his back seat, was screened at the 65th Venice International Film Festival at the 23rd International Film Critics' Week and won EIUC Human Rights Film Award. It was produced by Fidlit Films, 4 4 Productions, and Les Auteurs Associs.
Cast
*Haji Gul Aser as Khaled
*Valry Schatz as Mathieu
*Amlie Glenn as Marie
*Mohammad Chafi Sahel as Baba
*Leena Alam as Khaled's wife
*Messi Gul as the abandoned infant
*Saleha Khan Gul
*Rohina Gul
*Mariam Hakimi
Reception
The film was critically acclaimed. 'Variety' wrote: "Observation and narrative are so skillfully intertwined that every detail gestates a potential full-blown story and every story point teems with cultural contradictions. Thus, when Khaleds wife Leena Alam slips among the veiled women waiting to claim the infant, she silently unleashes a subversively alternate point of view. Highly accomplished tech credits reinforce pic's authenticity."
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