| | Kandahar | | | Year: | 2001 | | Director: | Mohsen Makhmaltaf | | Stars: | Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri, Hayatala Hakimi | | Genre: | Drama, Documentary | | Rating: | 7 (from 1 vote) | | Review: | Kandahar, one of the few films to be shot inside Afgahanistan, charts the journey of Nafas (the excellent Niloufar Pazira); a reporter who was born in Afghanistan and fled to Canada with her parents, leaving her sister behind in a hasty departure. Following receipt of a letter from her sister - who plans to commit suicide during the final eclipse of the 20th century - Nafas undertakes a perilous trip, with just 72 hours to reach her loved one.
Part feature, part documentary, Khandahar features a combination of real actors and actual refugees encountered along the way, as Nafas enlists the help of a succession of people - each one exhibiting the horrors of a country in turmoil. Makhmaltaf, who secretly entered the country to film, addresses the plight o 15 Niloufar Pazira Stock Photos & High-Res PicturesWhen Niloufar Pazira approached a film-maker with a harrowing story about a friend trapped by the Taliban, neither of them guessed how timely the result would be. Niloufar Pazira Profiles - Facebook(Niloufar Pazira) peering through the veil of her burka to the walls of the city she has travelled to from her exile in Canada, seeking her.
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The premise of Kandahar was sparked by the real-life predicament of Afghan-born Canadian journalist Niloufar Pazira, who sought out Makhmalbaf in Iran four. |
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In the year 2000, Nafas (Niloufar Pazira) a 29-year old Afghan-born Canadian journalist travels back to her homeland in search of her sister. |
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Nafas (Niloufar Pazira) is a journalist who was born in Afghanistan but as a child fled to Canada with her family. |
Nelofer Pazira - Wikipedia Niloufar Pazira - FacebookWhen Niloufar Pazira approached a film-maker with a harrowing story about a friend trapped by the Taliban, neither of them guessed how timely the result would be.
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