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Summary
A historic drama with musical Bollywood scenes. Kabul in the early 90s. Soviet values rule the country. Women can wear miniskirts, children can go to school and people can go to the cinema, concerts as well as universities.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+12)
Critics 88Audiences 76GoodWatch 74
Tomatometer88%
Audience score92%
Letterboxd · 2 K ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.6
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most music movies, −16 min on the typical 106
typical 10690Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
2019
September 1, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
MusicDramaLanguage
Pashto
Original language
Also spoken
PersianRussianUrduMade in
Afghanistan- Denmark
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Directing · 2
- Shahrbanoo Sadat Director, Screenplay
- Samantha Mialet Assistant Director
Production · 9
- Katja Adomeit Producer
- Bernard Michaux Associate Producer
- Marina Perales Marhuenda Co-Producer
- Jón Hammer Associate Producer
- Jani Thiltges Co-Producer
- Claude Waringo Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Virginie Surdej Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Alexandra Strauss Editor
Sound · 2
- Sigrid Aalbæk Jensen Sound Designer
- Anne Gry Friis Kristensen Sound Designer
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