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The Breadwinner is a 2017 animated drama film from Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon directed by Nora Twomey. Based on the best-selling novel by Deborah Ellis, the film was an international co-production among Canada, the Republic of Ireland and Luxembourg, and received a limited release on 17 November 2017.
Parvana is an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom-and danger.
Nov 17, 2017 · Based on the popular young adult novel by Deborah Ellis,“The Breadwinner” is an ambitious but occasionally uneven animated film that tells the story of Parvana (voiced by Saara Chaudry), an eleven-year-old girl living in Kabul with her family under Taliban rule.
Nov 17, 2017 · Parvana is an 11-year-old girl who lives under Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2001. After the wrongful arrest of her father, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses...
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Oct 26, 2017 · THE BREADWINNER tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to support...
Based on Deborah Ellis' 2000 middle-grade novel, THE BREADWINNER follows curious, storytelling 11-year-old Parvana (voiced by Saara Chaudry), who helps her father, an amputee former teacher, peddle goods in a market in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Nov 16, 2017 · Directed by Nora Twomey. Animation, Drama, Family, War. PG-13. 1h 34m. By Glenn Kenny. Nov. 16, 2017. In a time of deepening sensitivity about cultural appropriation, an animated film set...
Hailed as "the best animated feature of 2017" (IndieWire) and "nothing short of exceptional" (Variety), The Breadwinner is an inspiring and vibrantly animated tale about the power...
Produced by Aircraft Pictures, Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Productions in association with Executive Producer Angelina Jolie and based on Deborah Ellis' top selling novel, The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001.
The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to support her family.
