The Swallows of Kabul(Les Hirondelles de Kaboul)
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France, Switzerland, Luxembourg · 2019
1h 21m
Director Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
Starring Simon Abkarian, Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud, Hiam Abbass
Genre Animation, Drama
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In Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1998, two couples find their relationships compromised by the oppressive and violent rule of the Taliban. This character study examines the lives of a historian, a painter, a Taliban jailer and his wife as they come face-to-face with the brutality of an authoritarian theocracy.
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