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Kandahar

Summary Set in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, this is the story of Nafas (Pazira), a young female journalist who escaped the country to grow up in Canada and who returns incognito, smuggled in, to save her younger sister.

Kandahar
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
76
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.7
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Summary Set in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, this is the story of Nafas (Pazira), a young female journalist who escaped the country to grow up in Canada and who returns incognito, smuggled in, to save her younger sister.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
76
89% Positive
25 Reviews
11% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
76
89% Positive
25 Reviews
11% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.7
73% Positive
8 Ratings
9% Mixed
1 Rating
18% Negative
2 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.7
73% Positive
8 Ratings
9% Mixed
1 Rating
18% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Bac Films, Makhmalbaf Productions, StudioCanal
Release Date Dec 14, 2001
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Thessaloniki Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination