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The Swallows of Kabul
Zabou BreitmanEléa Gobbé-Mévellec

The Swallows of Kabul

  • Animation
  • Drama
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RELEASE

2019-09-04

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

81 min

Description

Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.

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@maketheSWITCH

In Afghanistan, simply drawing a human being is forbidden. This makes 'The Swallows of Kabul' an even more aesthetically and narratively beautiful example of the affecting power of humanist and feminist ideas that animation offers.

  • Jake Watt

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