Word: ershadi
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...bullies, a crime Amir (played as a child by Zalenia Ebrahimi, as a grown-up by Khaled Abdalla) secretly witnesses without attempting to intervene. A terrible shame quickly follows for both boys and their relationship sunders. Amir and his father (stern yet yielding and well played by Homayoun Ershadi) escape to America, to avoid the Soviets, but never again see Hassan, who is lost in the fog of war. But he leaves a legacy, a son, who must be rescued from the Taliban by the mild-mannered Amir, who, in attempting to redeem this child, finally redeems himself from...
...page-turning story makes for a smooth transition from best-seller to the big-screen. Yet despite the narrative’s imaginativeness and unconventionality, what makes it compelling is its believability, a result of the film’s rich character development. Amir’s father (Homayoun Ershadi), a wealthy Pashtun businessman who abhors everything Russian and loves Western cars, embodies the “old days” in Afghanistan, before civil, cold, and anti-terrorism wars lacerated the fabric of Afghan society. But when they flee to San Francisco, Amir and his father become just another...
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