Kandahar (Safar é Ghandehar)
Directed by: Mohsen MakhmalbafCast list: Nilovfar Pazira, Asan Tantaï
Country: Iran
Year: 2001
Genres: Drama / War / Biographical /
Runtime: 85 min.
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Nafas is a reporter who was born in Afghanistan, but fled with her family to Canada when she was a child. However, her sister wasn't so lucky; she lost her legs to a land mine while young, and when Nafas and her family left the country, her sister was accidentally left behind. Nafas receives a letter from her sister announcing that she's decided to commit suicide. Desperate to spare her sister's life, Nafas makes haste to Afghanistan, where she joins a caravan of refugees who, for a variety of reasons, are returning to the war-torn nation.
Educational Grades: ##COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA##Secondary school, 14 to 16##COMA##Sixth form college##COMA##Further education##COMA##Further Edu, mature students##COMA##Higher Education##COMA##
Subjects: Religion / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / women (and/or violence against women) / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights / politics, political systems /
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