In San Francisco in 2000, Afghan-American writer Amir Qadiri and his wife Soraya watch children flying kites. Arriving home, Amir receives a call from his father's old friend and business associate, Rahim Khan, now in … See more

• Khalid Abdalla as Amir Qadiri, a young novelist who fled to the U.S. as a boy during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada as Hassan, Amir's childhood friend who was the victim of brutal tor… See more

Due to dangers of filming in Afghanistan, much of the film was recorded instead in the western Chinese city of Kashgar, which is located about 500 miles from Kabul and shares many visual similarities. See more

The film received generally positive reviews.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 65% of 58 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10. On … See more