The Breadwinner

2017

Action / Animation / Drama / Family / War

106
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 88% · 106 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 30296 30.3K

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Plot summary

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

Director

Nora Twomey Photo
Nora Twomey

Top cast

Saara Chaudry Photo
Saara Chaudry as Parvana
Soma Bhatia Photo
Soma Bhatia as Shauzia
Ali Kazmi Photo
Ali Kazmi as Darya / Fruit Juice Vendor / Jail Warden / Various
Wamiq Furoghudin Photo
Wamiq Furoghudin as Prison Gatekeeper
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868.66 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 13
1.57 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 44

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sildarmillion 8 / 10

Loved it, and then didn't know how to feel

This was a unique and very different kind of movie. It's not likely that an animated movie would be set in war-torn Afghanistan. But this one was. And it _felt_ very authentic. I'm no authority on whether it was authentic or not, but it's the attention to detail that lends to the feeling of authenticity. Details about life, the clothing, the accents, the marketplaces, the politics, the culture, etc., add to the richness of the movie. It's an animated movie. So of course you expect it to all end well at the end. But as you near the ending, you start to wonder how could it possibly end up all well. And then you get to the ending. And then, I don't know. Of course, I won't spoil it. But the ending was not a conventional ending. It wasn't a sad ending; it wasn't a happy ending. I guess it was an ambiguous ending. And even though it leaves me without a fully satisfying ending, the journey it took me on was fantastic!
Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 8 / 10

compelling story

In Taliban-controlled Kabul, a young girl named Parvana has to sell her best dress on the street with her father Nurullah. He's a former teacher and they're harassed by his former student Idrees turned Taliban. Idrees feels slighted and falsely accuses Nurullah. With her father in prison, Parvana has to dress as a boy to buy food and earn money for the family. Her writer mother is beaten for being in the streets without a male chaperon. Parvana is befriended by Shauzia, another girl who dresses as a boy and mentors her in the ways of the streets. To please her little brother, she tells him stories about a young boy on a quest against the Elephant King.The animation is beautiful. The story is compelling. Parvana is an empathetic character in a real apocalyptic world. The fantasy tale is slow at first but it pays off by intertwining with her real world story. There is a real intensity in the build up and in the climatic reveal. The only drawback is that I hoped for a real Parvana to tell her own story. No matter how sincere the writing and how well the telling, it is in the end a second hand tale.
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