The Breadwinner

90
2017· Nora Twomey· 94 min
AnimationDramaInternational

Under Taliban rule in Kabul, an eleven-year-old girl disguises herself as a boy to support her family after her father is arrested.

Why watch: A girl rewrites herself to survive Afghanistan.
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Cast

Saara Chaudry as Parvana (voice)
Soma Bhatia as Shauzia (voice)
Noorin Gulamgaus as Idrees / Sulayman (voice)
Laara Sadiq as Fattema / Old Woman (voice)
Ali Badshah as Nurullah / Talib Security Man (voice)
Shaista Latif as Soraya (voice)
Kanza Feris as Old Woman / Woman in Courtyard (voice)
Kawa Ada as Razaq (voice)
Kane Mahon as Optician / Kiln Owner Talib / Crowd Voices (voice)
Ali Kazmi as Cousin / Fruit Seller / Market Voices (voice)
Mran Volkhard as Megaphone Voice / Shopkeeper (voice)
Ezra Sholeh as Apple Seller / Guard / Teen Boy 2 / Crowd Voices (voice)
Lily Erlinghauser as Zaki (voice)
Wamiq Furoghudin as Prison Gatekeeper (voice)
Millad Hamidkohzad as Other Talib Boy / Guard 2 (voice)

Crew

Nora Twomey — Director
Anita Doron — Screenplay
Deborah Ellis — Book
Karim Amer — Executive Producer
Mimi Polk Gitlin — Executive Producer
Anthony Leo — Producer
Tomm Moore — Producer
Jehane Noujaim — Executive Producer
Andrew Rosen — Producer
Gerry Shirren — Executive Producer
Paul Young — Producer
Stéphan Roelants — Producer
Angelina Jolie — Executive Producer
Jon Levin — Executive Producer
Regina K. Scully — Executive Producer
David Jesteadt — Executive Producer
Eric Beckman — Executive Producer
Mary Bredin — Executive Producer
Frank Falcone — Executive Producer
Sheldon Lisoy — Director of Photography
Darragh Byrne — Editor
Ciarán Duffy — Art Direction
Reza Riahi — Art Direction
Mychael Danna — Original Music Composer
Jeff Danna — Original Music Composer

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