The Kite Runner

The Bicycle Thief in Kabul. A man returns to Afghanistan from America to find the son of a childhood friend. Khaled Hosseini's bestseller gets a faithful, if somewhat diluted, screen version.

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Marc Forster directed The Kite Runner in 2007. See Marc Forster's full filmography, where to start with Marc Forster, or where to go after you've seen everything by Marc Forster.

The Kite Runner was released in 2007 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 128 minutes.