Kabuli Kid

Kabuli Kid
Promotional poster
Directed by Barmak Akram
Produced by

Olivier Delbosc, David Mathieu-Mahias, Marc Missonnier,

Mani Mortazavi
Written by Barmak Akram
Music by Barmak Akram
Cinematography Laurent Fleutot
Edited by Hervé de Luze, Elise Fievet, Pierre Haberer
Release date
 29 April 2009 (France)
Running time
 97 mins
Country France, Afghanistan
Language Pashto

Kabuli Kid is a 2008 French-Afghan drama film directed by Barmak Akram. It stars Haji Gul Aser, Valéry Schatz and Amélie 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. 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
  • 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 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."[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Kabuli Kid". Variety. 14 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2015.


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