Simon Abkarian
Atiq
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Sep 4, 2019 · The Swallows of Kabul: Directed by Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec. With Simon Abkarian, Hiam Abbass, Swann Arlaud, Zita Hanrot. Summer 1998, Kabul in ruins is occupied by the Taliban. In love despite the daily violence and misery, Mohsen and Zunaira want to believe in the future.
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- Animation, Drama, War
- Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
- 2019-09-04
The Swallows of Kabul (French: Les hirondelles de Kaboul) is a 2019 internationally co-produced adult animated psychological drama film directed by Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobé Mévellec. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The film is an adaption of the novel of the same name by Yasmina Khadra.
The Swallows of Kabul is a 2002 novel by Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra. It was originally written and published in French. Plot Chapter 1. You meet Atiq Shaukat, a jailer for the taliban. His wife, Musarrat, is very ill and dying. He is late for work and blames it on his wife's illness. He escorts a prostitute to be stoned to death.
- Michele Levy, Yasmina Khadra, John Cullen
- 2002
Aug 26, 2002 · Mosheen's dream of becoming a diplomat has been shattered and Zunaira can no longer even appear on the streets of Kabul unveiled. Atiq is a jailer who guards those who have been condemned to death; the darkness of prison and the wretchedness of his job have seeped into his soul.
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- Paperback
May 9, 2019 · The first English-language subtitled trailer for Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobé Mévellec’s feature-length animation of The Swallows Of Kabul ahead of its premiere in Un Certain Regard.
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- Screen International
Apr 12, 2005 · Yasmina Khadra brings readers into the hot, dusty streets of Kabul and offers them an unflinching but compassionate insight into a society that violence and hypocrisy have brought to the edge of despair. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
The Swallows of Kabul puts a human face on the horrors and repression of that war-torn country. It tells the story of two couples–Mohsen and Zunaira Ramat, born into the privileged classes of pre-Taliban Afghanistan, and the prison guard Atiq Shaukat and his wife Musarrat, raised in poverty and drawn into the jihad in hopes of bettering their ...
