Now Showing (Cert 12A)  Based on Khaled Hosseini's highly regarded novel, this story of exile, ambition and betrayal has an emotional power that outstrips its occasional implausibilities.

In San Francisco a novelist, Amir (Khalid Abdalla), looks back on his childhood in Afghanistan, and his friendship with Hassan (Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada), the son of his father's servant and an expert kite-flyer.

The film tells the story of Amir, a boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who is haunted by the guilt of betraying his childhood friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.

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