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Where was The Kite Runner filmed?

2007 film, directed by Marc Forster.

  • San Francisco

The story is set in Afghanistan.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Afghanistan
Filmed in
San Francisco
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About The Kite Runner

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Released
2007
Director
Marc Forster
Cast
Khalid AbdallaZekeria EbrahimiAhmad Khan MahmidzadaHomayoun ErshadiShaun ToubSaïd TaghmaouiAtossa LeoniKhaled Hosseini
Genre
Drama
Based on
The Kite Runner
Awards
Satellite Award for Best Original Score; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

In San Francisco in 2000, Afghan-American writer Amir Qadiri and his wife Soraya watch children flying kites.

On Hassan's birthday, Amir gifts Hassan a US-made slingshot.

Upset by the incident, Amir can't enjoy his 11th birthday party.

Famous lines from The Kite Runner

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • A toy gun?Hassan
  • Is it a drawing book?Hassan
  • Why did he kill his wife?Hassan
  • Charles Bronson's not Iranian.Amir
  • But why didn't he smell an onion?Hassan

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