''Kabuli Kid'' is a 2008 French-Afghan drama film directed by

Barmak Akram Barmak Akram, ( fa, برمک اکرم) (born in 1966 in Kabul), is an Afghan filmmaker. Akram lives in Paris, where he studied fine arts. His first feature film, '' Kabuli Kid'' (2008), won several awards and has been shown at the Venice Film Fes ...

. It stars Haji Gul Aser,

Leena Alam Leena Alam (Persian Language, Persian: , born in Kabul, Afghanistan) is an Afghans, Afghan film, television, and theater actress. She has appeared in films such as ''Kabuli Kid'', ''Black Kite (film), Black Kite'', ''Loori'', ''A Letter to the P ...

, Valéry Schatz and Amélie Glenn. The film, about a

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

-based taxi driver who finds an infant left in his back seat, was screened at the

65th Venice International Film Festival The 65th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was opened on 27 August 2008 by ''Burn After Reading'',

at the 23rd International Film Critics' Week and won EIUC Human Rights Film Award. It was produced by Fidélité Films, 4 à 4 Productions, and Les Auteurs Associés.

Cast

*Haji Gul Aser as Khaled *Valéry Schatz as Mathieu *Amélie Glenn as Marie *Mohammad Chafi Sahel as Baba *

as Khaled's wife *Messi Gul as the abandoned infant *Saleha Khan Gul *Rohina Gul *Mariam Hakimi

Reception

The film was critically acclaimed. ''

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'' 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 Khaled’s wife

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."

References

External links

* French drama films 2008 drama films French independent films 2008 independent films Films set in Afghanistan Afghan drama films 2000s French films {{Indie-drama-film-stub