Kabuli Kid
6.6
Kabul - a city struggling to recover from 25 years of warfare. Taxi driver Khaled picks up a woman and baby. Her face is hidden behind a blue burka. They settle on a price, she pays him and they drive off. The taxi arrives at its destination. The woman gets out and a new passenger climbs in... to find the baby still in the backseat. Khaled leaps out after the woman but she's vanished. He's left holding the baby - a 6-month-old boy. Who is the mother? How can he find her? He asks friends and strangers in the street. He returns to where he picked her up. Nothing. Fate has handed him a young life for which he feels more and more responsible. An eventful, chaotic, often highly comic journey through a city which is itself simply trying to survive. Poignant, rich, vibrant, Barmak Akram's debut feature is a remarkable portrait of one man's emotional awakening in a city returning to crazy life after 25 years of violent conflict.
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Cast
20 people
Valéry Schatz
Matthieu
Known for
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours
Amélie Glenn
Marie
Known for
It Boy
Santa Claus
Mohamad Ahmadi
Also in
Standing in the Dust
Barmak Akram
Chafi Sahel
Baba
No other roles listed
Valery Schatz
Mathieu
Laurence Clerc
Haji Gul Aser
Khaled
Also in
An Afghan Love Story
The Black Tulip
Olivier Delbosc
Mohammad Chafi Sahel
Baba
No other roles listed
David Mathieu-Mahias
Leena Alam
Femme de Khaled (as Helena Alam)
Also in
A Letter to the President
Black Kite
Barmak Akram Director · Laurent Fleutot Cinematographer Hervé de Luze Editor
Worldwide gross $56K · United States release April 1, 2009 · Produced in Afghanistan, France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$55,685
Production
Les Auteurs Associés
Production
Fidélité Films
Production
4 A 4 Productions
Production
Afghanfilm
Production
Canal+
Production
StudioCanal
Production
4 à 4 Productions
Production
Afghanistan · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'enfant de Kaboul
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · Persian
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 2008
Venice Film Festival
United States · April 1, 2009
San Francisco International Film Festival
France · April 29, 2009
Theatrical
Belgium
October 10, 2008 · Gent International Film Festival
Canada
September 9, 2008 · Toronto International Film Festival
Denmark
April 20, 2009 · CPH:PIX
Finland
September 18, 2009 · Helsinki International Film Festival
Greece
September 10, 2009
Mexico
June 8, 2009 · Foro Internacional de la Cineteca
Netherlands
August 27, 2009
Poland
November 22, 2009 · Festiwal Filmy Swiata ale kino!
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