WEBVTT 02:39.264 --> 02:43.304 San Francisco, California 2000 04:08.603 --> 04:09.773 Amir jan. 04:11.106 --> 04:12.446 Rahim Khan? 04:14.234 --> 04:16.404 It is kind of you to remember. 04:21.783 --> 04:24.703 I have missed you, Amir jan. 04:25.162 --> 04:27.742 It's good to hear your voice. 04:55.400 --> 04:59.030 Kabul, Afghanistan 1978 05:08.622 --> 05:10.702 Take the spool. Hold it right. 05:23.428 --> 05:24.728 Give me string! 05:25.639 --> 05:27.229 Hold the spool right. 05:36.149 --> 05:38.449 -I cut him! -Victory! 05:39.945 --> 05:41.445 Victory! 05:43.114 --> 05:44.154 This way! 05:44.699 --> 05:45.959 Where are you going? 05:47.410 --> 05:49.170 Catch it, it's going this way! 06:02.676 --> 06:04.216 We're losing it! 06:04.803 --> 06:06.473 Trust me! 06:35.500 --> 06:36.760 What are you doing here? 06:38.003 --> 06:39.503 Come sit, Amir. 06:42.007 --> 06:43.927 You're wasting time here. 06:44.676 --> 06:46.466 The kite went the other way. 06:47.178 --> 06:48.178 It will come this way. 06:49.139 --> 06:50.849 -How do you know? -I know. 06:50.932 --> 06:52.052 But how? 06:52.559 --> 06:54.229 Have I ever lied to you? 06:55.145 --> 06:56.525 How should I know? 06:57.689 --> 06:59.529 I'd rather eat dirt. 07:00.358 --> 07:02.068 Would you really do that? 07:02.152 --> 07:04.942 -Do what? -Eat dirt if I told you to. 07:06.239 --> 07:08.249 If you asked, I would. 07:11.411 --> 07:13.451 But would you really ask me to do such a thing? 07:14.205 --> 07:15.205 Are you crazy? 07:15.749 --> 07:16.879 You know I wouldn't. 07:17.626 --> 07:19.006 I know. 07:37.896 --> 07:39.356 Thank you, Agha sahib. 07:43.818 --> 07:46.238 I want them to start building tomorrow. 07:46.571 --> 07:48.401 This should have happened a long time ago. 07:49.658 --> 07:52.328 Absolutely, Sahib! And thank you. 07:52.744 --> 07:55.784 The orphans of Kabul will never forget you. 07:59.000 --> 08:00.090 Somehow 08:01.252 --> 08:02.412 I suspect they will. 08:05.507 --> 08:06.677 You know 08:07.592 --> 08:11.472 the bureaucrats will steal half the money. 08:12.180 --> 08:13.350 Only half? 08:14.933 --> 08:17.103 They've gotten lazy. 08:20.522 --> 08:22.892 Hey, Mister Jaylawni 08:22.982 --> 08:25.272 Conjure up the winds for me 08:26.236 --> 08:27.946 You could have beaten him. 08:28.238 --> 08:31.118 Me? Weren't you watching Omar back there? 08:31.241 --> 08:32.491 He never loses. 08:32.742 --> 08:36.622 If you have the right kite, you'll win the tournament this year. 08:37.914 --> 08:40.664 With the victory of Saur Revolution 08:41.126 --> 08:44.466 for the first time in the history of this country 08:44.963 --> 08:48.633 the political sovereignty and political power have been bestowed 08:49.050 --> 08:53.020 upon the Democratic Party of the People of Afghanistan. 08:54.681 --> 08:58.261 This will get bloody before it gets better. 08:59.269 --> 09:00.479 Usually a safe bet. 09:02.439 --> 09:06.409 They say the Communists are starting brawls at the university. 09:07.610 --> 09:10.990 A student was stabbed last week. 09:12.031 --> 09:15.491 I'm glad Amir's too young to be involved in all this. 09:16.453 --> 09:17.493 Amir? 09:19.664 --> 09:22.584 Trust me, he won't be getting into any brawls. 09:23.835 --> 09:27.085 Sometimes I see him playing on the street with the neighborhood boys. 09:28.882 --> 09:33.212 They push him around, take his toys from him, 09:33.553 --> 09:34.673 but Amir, 09:34.888 --> 09:37.558 he never fights back. Never. 09:38.224 --> 09:39.604 So he's not violent. 09:40.018 --> 09:42.518 You know what happens when the other kids tease him? 09:43.605 --> 09:46.105 Hassan steps in and fends them off. 09:46.524 --> 09:48.944 And when they come home, I say to him, 09:49.110 --> 09:51.160 "How did Hassan get that scrape on his face?" 09:51.279 --> 09:53.829 He says, "He fell down." 09:54.866 --> 09:56.826 There's something missing in that boy. 09:58.703 --> 09:59.703 My friend, 10:00.997 --> 10:03.087 children aren't coloring books. 10:03.875 --> 10:06.415 You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors. 10:06.711 --> 10:10.751 He's not like you. He'll never be like you. 10:10.882 --> 10:14.002 But watch. He'll turn out well. 10:15.428 --> 10:17.388 A boy who won't stand up for himself, 10:17.472 --> 10:20.512 becomes a man who won't stand up for anything. 10:38.493 --> 10:39.573 Amir jan, 10:40.245 --> 10:42.285 may I come in? 10:46.876 --> 10:49.416 I wanted to say goodbye. 10:49.504 --> 10:51.634 I'm going to Pakistan tomorrow. 10:54.926 --> 10:57.426 That's a fine kite. 10:58.096 --> 11:00.186 Hassan ran it down. 11:01.140 --> 11:03.150 The boy's got a gift. 11:06.437 --> 11:08.397 What are you working on? 11:09.440 --> 11:11.030 A story. 11:11.109 --> 11:12.409 May I read it? 11:13.111 --> 11:14.821 It's not very good. 11:15.655 --> 11:19.655 All the same, I'd love to read it. 11:23.121 --> 11:24.621 Thank you, Amir jan. 11:25.123 --> 11:26.793 I'll read it tonight. 11:28.251 --> 11:30.041 He hates me 11:31.796 --> 11:33.756 because I killed her. 11:35.091 --> 11:36.631 My mother. 11:39.262 --> 11:40.592 Amir, 11:41.347 --> 11:43.307 don't ever say such a thing. 11:44.267 --> 11:45.977 Don't ever think it. 11:46.269 --> 11:47.649 But it's true. 11:48.313 --> 11:49.473 No, Amir jan. 11:57.655 --> 12:00.285 It's a dangerous thing, being born. 12:01.534 --> 12:03.784 Dangerous for the mother, 12:04.662 --> 12:07.162 dangerous for the child. 12:08.541 --> 12:11.871 Your father would die for you. 12:12.670 --> 12:14.510 You know that, 12:16.883 --> 12:19.253 don't you? 12:28.144 --> 12:30.974 -Come on, do it. -It's wrong, Amir agha. 12:32.815 --> 12:35.355 Do you have to be so holy all the time? 12:36.527 --> 12:37.527 Just one? 12:38.321 --> 12:39.361 Just one. 12:52.418 --> 12:54.878 You'd think one day he'd wise up. 12:59.509 --> 13:01.219 You got your allowance? 13:01.844 --> 13:03.724 Yeah, how about we see The Magnificent Seven again? 13:05.223 --> 13:07.393 We deal in lead, friend! 13:11.270 --> 13:15.200 I'm a friend of Harry Luck's. He tells me you're broke. 13:16.275 --> 13:19.025 No. I'm doing this because I'm an eccentric millionaire. 13:19.737 --> 13:21.027 There's a job for six men 13:21.114 --> 13:23.744 watching over a village just south of the border. 13:24.701 --> 13:26.531 How big's the opposition? 13:27.745 --> 13:29.245 Thirty guns. 13:30.248 --> 13:33.008 I admire your notion of fair odds, mister. 13:33.334 --> 13:35.624 I admire your notion of fair odds, mister. 13:36.254 --> 13:40.094 Harry tells me you faced bigger odds in the Travis County War. 13:47.890 --> 13:50.230 -Who's your favorite? -Steve McQueen. 13:50.309 --> 13:53.569 I like Charles Bronson. Maybe someday we'll go to Iran. 13:53.646 --> 13:54.776 Why? 13:54.856 --> 13:56.486 Maybe we'd see him somewhere. 13:56.607 --> 13:57.817 I could get his autograph. 13:57.900 --> 14:00.200 -Charles Bronson's not Iranian. -He's not? 14:00.570 --> 14:02.990 So why does he speak Farsi with an Iranian accent? 14:05.450 --> 14:07.500 Where are you going, faggots? 14:08.202 --> 14:09.782 What do you boys think: 14:10.121 --> 14:12.581 If I paid you to be my friends, 14:12.790 --> 14:16.130 would you really be my friends? Or would you be my servants? 14:16.461 --> 14:18.621 Gee, Assef, if you were paying us, 14:19.338 --> 14:20.928 that would make us your servants! 14:21.632 --> 14:23.712 So I guess Amir has no friends. 14:24.510 --> 14:26.310 We're not bothering you. 14:26.471 --> 14:27.511 Wrong. 14:27.972 --> 14:29.262 You are bothering me. 14:29.807 --> 14:32.267 Afghanistan is the land of the Pashtuns. 14:32.727 --> 14:33.817 We're the real Afghans. 14:34.312 --> 14:35.892 Not this flat-nose Hazara. 14:36.064 --> 14:39.524 His people pollute our homeland. They dirty our blood. 14:39.776 --> 14:42.236 If idiots like you and your father 14:42.403 --> 14:46.443 didn't take these people in, we'd be rid of them. 14:47.575 --> 14:49.075 Please leave us alone, Agha. 14:52.705 --> 14:54.705 Put it down, you motherless Hazara. 14:55.416 --> 14:57.506 Leave us in peace. 14:58.336 --> 14:59.666 Maybe you didn't notice, 14:59.837 --> 15:02.007 but there are three of us, and two of you. 15:02.340 --> 15:05.930 And maybe you didn't notice that I'm the one holding the slingshot. 15:11.265 --> 15:12.305 Forget it. 15:14.769 --> 15:16.779 We'll deal with these faggots later. 15:23.361 --> 15:25.861 -What's this? -Rahim Khan left it for you. 15:31.369 --> 15:32.749 He liked it. 15:32.829 --> 15:34.169 Liked what? 15:34.372 --> 15:35.872 My story! 15:36.833 --> 15:40.913 Well of course he liked it. You tell great stories. 15:41.254 --> 15:43.254 "Bravo," he wrote. Bravo! 15:43.881 --> 15:44.881 Bravo? 15:45.049 --> 15:47.469 Do you know what "bravo" means? 15:48.219 --> 15:50.349 It's Italian for genius. 15:51.472 --> 15:52.682 What's the story about? 15:53.558 --> 15:56.308 It's about a man who finds a magic cup. 15:56.394 --> 15:58.974 And he learns that if he weeps into the cup, 15:59.063 --> 16:00.773 his tears turn to pearls. 16:01.190 --> 16:03.450 He's very poor, you know? 16:03.651 --> 16:06.361 And, at the end of the story, he's sitting on a mountain of pearls 16:06.571 --> 16:09.991 with a bloody knife in his hand and his dead wife in his arms. 16:11.576 --> 16:14.206 -So he killed her? -Yes, Hassan. 16:15.663 --> 16:17.993 So that he'd cry and get rich. 16:18.416 --> 16:20.666 Yes, you're very quick. 16:22.545 --> 16:23.545 What? 16:23.629 --> 16:25.719 Nothing, Amir agha. Are you done with breakfast? 16:26.090 --> 16:27.350 What? 16:27.925 --> 16:31.555 Well, will you permit me to ask a question about the story? 16:31.888 --> 16:33.268 Of course. 16:33.639 --> 16:36.229 Why did the man have to kill his wife? 16:36.934 --> 16:40.314 Because each of his tears becomes a pearl. 16:41.355 --> 16:44.735 Yes, but why couldn't he just smell an onion? 17:01.125 --> 17:03.835 The mullahs at school say drinking is a sin. 17:04.795 --> 17:07.465 They say drinkers will pay when the Reckoning comes. 17:07.882 --> 17:10.422 Do you want to know what your father thinks about sin? 17:10.843 --> 17:11.923 Yes. 17:12.386 --> 17:13.806 Then I'll tell you. 17:15.306 --> 17:17.896 But first understand this and understand it now: 17:17.975 --> 17:20.265 You'll never learn anything of value from those bearded idiots. 17:21.354 --> 17:22.894 You mean the mullahs? 17:22.980 --> 17:25.610 I piss on the beards of those self-righteous monkeys. 17:26.067 --> 17:29.237 They do nothing but thumb their prayer beads and recite a book 17:29.320 --> 17:32.660 written in a tongue they don't even understand. 17:33.157 --> 17:35.957 There is only one sin. And that is theft. 17:36.285 --> 17:39.245 Every other sin is a variation of theft. Do you understand that? 17:41.749 --> 17:43.129 No, Baba jan. 17:44.001 --> 17:45.871 When you kill a man, 17:46.379 --> 17:48.509 you steal a life. 17:48.923 --> 17:51.713 You steal his wife's right to her husband, 17:51.801 --> 17:54.551 his children's right to a father. 17:55.596 --> 17:59.096 When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. 18:01.644 --> 18:03.854 There is no act more wretched than stealing. 18:04.272 --> 18:05.852 Do you see? 18:08.150 --> 18:09.610 Yes, Baba. 18:11.696 --> 18:12.696 Good. 18:13.531 --> 18:15.531 All this talk of sinning is making me thirsty. 18:25.626 --> 18:27.506 Go, he's calling you. 18:32.216 --> 18:33.676 Happy Birthday. 18:35.845 --> 18:38.015 It's made in America. 18:39.473 --> 18:41.303 I figured, if you're going to be my bodyguard, 18:41.392 --> 18:42.932 you need a proper weapon. 18:43.894 --> 18:45.354 Thank you, Amir agha. 18:46.731 --> 18:48.311 Come on, let's go. 19:12.173 --> 19:13.423 What does it say? 19:14.592 --> 19:17.092 Amir and Hassan, the Sultans of Kabul. 19:17.762 --> 19:19.592 The Sultans of Kabul! 19:20.264 --> 19:21.934 You want a story? 19:22.725 --> 19:24.105 Rostam and Sohrab. 19:24.810 --> 19:28.190 Not them again. I've read you that one fifty times. 19:28.314 --> 19:30.274 How about Rudabeh? 19:31.233 --> 19:33.233 It's your book, Amir agha. 19:35.571 --> 19:36.691 All right, 19:36.781 --> 19:40.571 Rostam and Sohrab. It's your birthday. 20:09.980 --> 20:12.150 Your dad got a new car? 20:12.691 --> 20:14.941 Isn't that the car they drive in Bullitt? 20:17.530 --> 20:18.660 Steve McQueen! 20:22.910 --> 20:24.370 I heard it was someone's birthday. 20:24.912 --> 20:27.492 It's your day, Hassan. Why don't you sit up front? 20:29.834 --> 20:31.504 Are you ready for your birthday present? 20:32.002 --> 20:33.672 -Is it a drawing book? -Better! 20:33.838 --> 20:35.678 -A toy gun? -Better! 21:12.751 --> 21:14.121 Uncle Saifo! 21:15.588 --> 21:17.548 My brother! It's been too long. 21:18.257 --> 21:19.677 Everyone good? 21:22.219 --> 21:24.559 It's his birthday, he can have any kite he wants. 21:26.056 --> 21:28.186 Here they are. 21:28.517 --> 21:31.437 Take your pick. 21:46.827 --> 21:48.287 I want that one. 21:49.455 --> 21:50.495 We'll take it. 21:51.457 --> 21:52.587 A good choice. 21:53.709 --> 21:55.589 I was just lucky that time. 21:55.753 --> 21:58.883 It wasn't luck, Amir agha. You're better than him. 22:03.969 --> 22:05.979 I know you're going to win. 22:07.431 --> 22:09.721 You have too much faith in me. 22:10.935 --> 22:13.065 Ali made the cauliflower especially for you. 22:13.229 --> 22:15.279 Yes. Every time I come, he makes the cauliflower. 22:15.773 --> 22:17.813 I know. You come here too often. 22:20.319 --> 22:21.779 The tournament's tomorrow? 22:22.154 --> 22:24.034 Are you and Hassan ready? 22:24.198 --> 22:25.868 We've been practicing. 22:26.325 --> 22:29.955 Did I ever tell you about the year I won? 22:30.120 --> 22:34.250 I'm fairly sure you told everyone in Kabul about the year you won. 22:34.959 --> 22:37.299 Fourteen kites I cut down. 22:37.461 --> 22:39.791 I think that's still a record. 22:40.297 --> 22:42.137 Yes, yes, yes. Eat. 23:25.551 --> 23:27.921 I think you're going to make Agha sahib very proud today. 23:28.053 --> 23:29.513 You think so? 23:29.597 --> 23:30.597 Inshallah. 23:30.681 --> 23:31.841 Inshallah. 23:55.539 --> 23:57.459 It's really crowded. 23:59.627 --> 24:01.587 I'm not sure it's the best day to fly a kite. 24:01.670 --> 24:02.880 Why? 24:02.963 --> 24:05.383 It's a beautiful day. 24:06.592 --> 24:09.012 It's the two of us against all of Kabul. 24:10.262 --> 24:13.222 I admire your notion of fair odds, mister. 24:14.141 --> 24:15.511 Let's fly. 24:25.527 --> 24:27.027 Put down the spool. 24:27.363 --> 24:29.073 Take it! 25:18.914 --> 25:20.454 Take it from under. 25:25.921 --> 25:26.961 Okay, I'm under. 25:42.771 --> 25:47.101 We cut him! We cut him! 26:12.676 --> 26:14.096 Amir agha! 26:19.558 --> 26:21.188 Go a little to your right. 26:44.875 --> 26:46.755 We cut him! We cut him! 26:46.960 --> 26:48.630 They could break your record. 26:48.754 --> 26:50.084 Let's see. 26:59.723 --> 27:02.013 Hold the spool right. 27:08.232 --> 27:09.392 Take him, Omar! 27:36.426 --> 27:38.266 I cut him! 27:38.428 --> 27:41.098 Victory! Victory! 27:46.770 --> 27:50.030 -How many has he cut? -I've counted twelve. 27:50.607 --> 27:53.237 I think he wants Baba's record. 27:53.527 --> 27:55.867 We can't let that happen. 28:03.453 --> 28:05.743 Last one, Omar agha. 28:24.975 --> 28:26.645 Pull your string forward. 28:27.644 --> 28:28.764 Cut him! 28:40.657 --> 28:43.077 It's just the two of them now. 28:54.922 --> 28:56.832 Bravo, Amir agha! 28:57.007 --> 28:58.177 You cut him! 28:58.342 --> 29:01.382 We won! We won! 29:10.520 --> 29:13.070 Amir, I'm going to run that blue kite for you. 29:13.357 --> 29:15.357 Hassan! Come back with it! 29:15.859 --> 29:18.119 For you, a thousand times over! 29:34.211 --> 29:37.881 What am I supposed to do with this? You're the reason I got cut! 30:02.447 --> 30:05.287 Have you seen a Hazara boy come this way? 30:05.367 --> 30:06.907 Wearing a red chapan. 30:07.327 --> 30:10.957 I saw a boy running that way. He had a kite in his hand. 30:12.708 --> 30:15.588 -They've probably caught him by now. -Who? 30:16.044 --> 30:18.544 The big boys chasing him. 30:42.404 --> 30:44.114 Where's your slingshot, Hazara? 30:45.699 --> 30:47.789 You don't look so brave today. 30:49.411 --> 30:53.081 But I'm in a mood to forgive. What do you say to that, boys? 30:54.082 --> 30:55.452 Very generous. 30:55.625 --> 30:58.045 Especially after the rude manners he showed last time. 30:58.920 --> 31:01.050 Forgiven. It's done. 31:04.551 --> 31:07.131 Of course, nothing is free in this world. 31:07.220 --> 31:08.980 My pardon comes with a small price. 31:09.639 --> 31:11.099 Nothing is free. 31:11.641 --> 31:13.391 You're a lucky Hazara. 31:13.643 --> 31:17.143 Because, today, it's only going to cost you that kite. 31:19.149 --> 31:20.489 Fair deal. 31:20.692 --> 31:24.822 -What do you think, boys? -More than fair. 31:26.156 --> 31:30.206 Amir agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. 31:31.203 --> 31:32.743 This is his. 31:33.830 --> 31:35.000 Loyal Hazara. 31:35.332 --> 31:36.582 Loyal dog. 31:37.209 --> 31:41.799 Before you sacrifice yourself for him, think about this, Hazara: 31:42.255 --> 31:44.545 Would he do the same for you? 31:44.758 --> 31:46.098 Have you ever wondered why 31:46.218 --> 31:48.428 he only plays with you when no one else is around? 31:50.305 --> 31:52.265 I said, "Why," Hazara! 31:53.266 --> 31:56.516 Because, to him, you're nothing but an ugly pet. 31:57.020 --> 31:59.150 Something he can play with when he's bored. 31:59.481 --> 32:01.521 Something he can kick when he's angry. 32:01.817 --> 32:03.447 Amir agha and I are friends. 32:03.527 --> 32:04.617 Friends? 32:04.694 --> 32:05.734 You fool. Enough of this. 32:05.821 --> 32:07.021 Give us the kite. 32:08.990 --> 32:10.500 Last chance. 32:12.577 --> 32:14.247 As you wish. 32:15.580 --> 32:16.880 Keep it. 32:17.499 --> 32:21.549 So it will always remind you of what I'm about to do to you. 32:21.628 --> 32:22.758 Nothing is free. 32:36.143 --> 32:38.143 He's just a servant's son. 32:38.353 --> 32:40.893 I'm not sure, Assef. My father says it's wrong. 32:41.231 --> 32:42.641 Your father's a Communist. 32:44.234 --> 32:46.814 And there's nothing wrong about teaching this donkey a lesson. 32:47.904 --> 32:49.784 Just hold him down. 33:16.641 --> 33:18.011 Let's get out of here. 33:54.387 --> 33:57.097 Where were you? I was looking for you. 33:57.224 --> 33:58.644 Let's go, Agha sahib will worry. 34:16.243 --> 34:17.323 Good job. 34:19.996 --> 34:21.036 Come here. 34:31.591 --> 34:32.671 Well done. 34:58.660 --> 35:00.040 Where's Hassan? 35:00.120 --> 35:01.210 He went back to sleep. 35:01.538 --> 35:04.798 The last few weeks, all he wants to do is sleep. 35:04.874 --> 35:06.874 After chores he just crawls under his blanket. 35:08.336 --> 35:10.046 Can I ask you something? 35:12.382 --> 35:14.212 Did something happen, Amir agha? 35:14.759 --> 35:16.719 Something he's not telling me? 35:16.845 --> 35:19.935 How should I know? Maybe he's sick. 35:20.473 --> 35:22.473 People get sick, you know. 35:37.073 --> 35:39.453 The mullahs want to rule our souls 35:40.160 --> 35:43.500 and the Communists tell us we don't have any. 35:44.247 --> 35:47.707 More importantly, El Cid is playing. We could go tomorrow. 35:47.792 --> 35:50.542 Tell Hassan to come with us? 35:52.047 --> 35:53.177 He's not feeling well. 35:54.174 --> 35:56.094 Really? What's wrong with him? 35:56.926 --> 35:58.266 He's got a cold or something. 35:58.928 --> 36:01.388 Ali says he's sleeping it off. 36:01.890 --> 36:03.850 I haven't seen you two playing together in weeks. 36:03.933 --> 36:05.353 What happened? 36:07.270 --> 36:09.610 Nothing. He's just been a little sick. 36:10.106 --> 36:11.566 Hassan never gets sick. 36:11.649 --> 36:14.319 Whatever's going on, you should deal with it before too long. 36:14.944 --> 36:16.694 Take care not to let these things fester. 36:16.863 --> 36:19.283 Time will only make it worse. 36:39.344 --> 36:40.804 What are you reading? 36:41.846 --> 36:45.146 It's for little kids. I just... I'm trying to learn. 36:47.685 --> 36:50.145 I'd rather hear one of your stories. 36:51.147 --> 36:52.777 I'm done making up stories. 36:53.233 --> 36:54.273 Why? 36:54.567 --> 36:56.617 Because they're stupid. 36:57.070 --> 37:00.580 I don't think they're stupid. I love your stories. 37:03.326 --> 37:05.246 What would you do if I hit you with this? 37:09.040 --> 37:10.250 What would you do? 37:11.751 --> 37:13.161 Hit me back! 37:15.046 --> 37:16.176 Hit me back! 37:16.923 --> 37:18.003 Hit me back! 37:18.758 --> 37:20.008 Hit me back. 37:24.848 --> 37:27.018 You're a coward. 37:48.121 --> 37:49.911 Blood's good for the trees. 37:50.707 --> 37:52.837 Come on, birthday boy. Let's go inside. 37:54.586 --> 37:56.336 Ali, is everything ready? 37:56.421 --> 37:59.381 Don't worry, it will be soon. 38:01.801 --> 38:04.841 -Move it back a little. -Yes, of course. 38:13.730 --> 38:18.410 Have you ever thought about getting new servants? 38:25.492 --> 38:27.112 Why would I want to do that? 38:27.660 --> 38:31.080 I guess you wouldn't. It was just a question. 38:31.414 --> 38:33.584 I grew up with Ali. 38:33.708 --> 38:37.798 My father took him in, loved him like his own son. 38:39.422 --> 38:42.092 Forty years he's been with my family. Forty goddamn years. 38:43.843 --> 38:47.093 And you think I'm just going to throw him out? 38:48.765 --> 38:52.055 I've never laid a hand on you, 38:52.268 --> 38:54.978 but you ever say that again... 38:56.356 --> 38:58.606 You bring me shame. 38:59.234 --> 39:00.944 And, Hassan... 39:01.945 --> 39:04.025 Hassan's not going anywhere. 39:04.113 --> 39:05.403 Do you understand? 39:08.368 --> 39:10.788 I said, do you understand? 39:11.871 --> 39:13.241 Yes, Baba. 39:17.001 --> 39:19.501 You bring me shame. 40:06.676 --> 40:09.346 Massoud jan, how are you? 40:09.429 --> 40:11.269 -Welcome. -Happy birthday. 40:15.184 --> 40:16.354 Welcome. 40:17.812 --> 40:19.602 Hello, Amir jan. Happy birthday. 40:19.897 --> 40:21.527 Hello, Amir jan. How are you? 40:26.487 --> 40:29.617 It is modest and not worthy of you. 40:29.699 --> 40:31.539 Happy birthday. 40:33.036 --> 40:36.036 Hassan said your copy was getting old, missing some pages. 40:36.873 --> 40:38.493 Thank you. 40:40.376 --> 40:42.296 Happy birthday, Amir jan. 40:45.923 --> 40:47.293 Happy birthday. 40:47.800 --> 40:51.310 -What a splendid suit. -Great party, Amir. 40:53.806 --> 40:55.766 Aren't you going to thank Assef? 40:57.769 --> 40:58.819 Thank you. 41:04.233 --> 41:05.313 Please, enjoy. 41:21.542 --> 41:24.922 Shouldn't you be entertaining your guests? 41:28.591 --> 41:31.251 I didn't know you drank. 41:32.428 --> 41:34.268 Turns out I do. 41:34.931 --> 41:38.101 But only on the most important occasions. 41:41.020 --> 41:47.160 You know you can tell me anything you want. Anytime. 41:48.069 --> 41:49.699 I know. 41:51.948 --> 41:54.618 Here, I almost forgot. 41:56.619 --> 41:58.749 For your stories. 42:08.506 --> 42:11.596 Come. You're missing your party. 43:15.281 --> 43:16.901 Have you seen my watch anywhere? 43:17.408 --> 43:19.158 The one I just bought you? 43:19.285 --> 43:21.115 Don't tell me you already lost it. 43:21.746 --> 43:24.706 No. I know I had it in my room. 43:25.249 --> 43:27.049 I'm sure it'll turn up somewhere. 44:11.087 --> 44:12.087 What's wrong? 44:17.093 --> 44:19.133 When you finish your work, come inside with Hassan. 44:19.262 --> 44:20.802 Yes, Agha sahib. 44:28.729 --> 44:31.149 Did you steal Amir's watch, Hassan? 44:37.947 --> 44:39.617 Yes. 44:44.704 --> 44:45.994 I forgive you. 44:48.708 --> 44:50.298 We're leaving, Agha sahib. 44:50.793 --> 44:51.963 What? 44:52.712 --> 44:54.462 We can't live here anymore. 44:55.423 --> 44:57.673 But I forgive him. Didn't you hear me, Ali? 44:59.385 --> 45:01.975 Life here is impossible for us now, Agha sahib. 45:02.138 --> 45:03.348 We're leaving. 45:03.431 --> 45:05.011 I don't care about the watch. 45:05.099 --> 45:07.109 I don't understand why you're doing this. 45:07.310 --> 45:10.820 I'm sorry, Agha sahib, but our bags are already packed. 45:10.897 --> 45:13.397 We've made our decision. 45:15.067 --> 45:16.567 Haven't I provided for you? 45:16.819 --> 45:18.329 Haven't I been good to you and Hassan? 45:18.779 --> 45:20.699 At least tell me why. 45:20.990 --> 45:22.620 I forbid you to do this! 45:23.200 --> 45:24.330 Do you hear me? 45:24.660 --> 45:26.540 I forbid you! 45:29.415 --> 45:34.125 Respectfully, you can't forbid me anything, Agha sahib. 45:34.962 --> 45:37.712 We don't work for you anymore. 46:13.125 --> 46:16.465 Soviet Invasion December 1979 46:20.299 --> 46:21.759 Pack a bag. Only what you need. 46:21.884 --> 46:22.884 Hurry up! 46:24.887 --> 46:28.097 -They'll come for me. -We don't know that. 46:28.224 --> 46:31.894 Read your history, my friend. By the time we know it, it will be too late. 46:35.356 --> 46:39.066 You know how I am. You know how I talk. 46:39.360 --> 46:42.120 Everyone in Kabul has heard me cursing the Communists. 46:44.532 --> 46:48.412 Will you watch over the house for me? We'll be back when the Russians leave. 46:48.869 --> 46:50.749 What if they don't leave? 46:50.830 --> 46:54.590 Everyone leaves. This country is not kind to invaders. 46:57.920 --> 46:59.470 And you, my friend? 47:00.047 --> 47:01.297 Where will you go? 47:02.174 --> 47:03.214 Pakistan, first. 47:03.634 --> 47:06.304 After that, wherever is safest for the boy. 47:06.679 --> 47:08.889 The smugglers want five thousand a head 47:09.223 --> 47:11.513 for safe passage to Pakistan. 47:11.976 --> 47:14.436 I'm fairly sure they won't take checks. 47:15.604 --> 47:17.814 What about a Mustang? 48:30.221 --> 48:34.181 He wants a half hour with the lady in the back of the truck. 48:35.518 --> 48:36.608 What? 48:37.103 --> 48:38.183 No. 48:39.021 --> 48:40.311 Brother. 48:40.731 --> 48:42.691 Please ask mister soldier sahib to show a little mercy. 48:43.317 --> 48:45.197 Maybe he has a wife, too. 48:45.903 --> 48:47.943 It's his price for letting us pass. 48:50.032 --> 48:52.152 I want you to ask this man something. 48:52.243 --> 48:54.703 Ask him where his shame is. 49:05.548 --> 49:07.638 He says, there is no shame in war. 49:08.384 --> 49:12.054 Tell him he is wrong. War doesn't negate decency. 49:16.725 --> 49:17.725 What did he say? 49:17.810 --> 49:20.110 He says he'd enjoy putting a bullet in you, 49:20.187 --> 49:22.357 almost as much as he'd enjoy her. 49:23.607 --> 49:26.237 I'll take a thousand of his bullets before I let this indecency take place. 49:26.318 --> 49:29.488 -Baba, please, he'll shoot you. -Have I taught you nothing? 49:30.322 --> 49:33.242 Tell him he'd better kill me good with the first shot. 49:33.659 --> 49:34.709 Because if I don't go down, 49:34.952 --> 49:36.992 I'm tearing him to pieces, goddamn his father! 50:23.709 --> 50:25.719 You are very kind. 50:27.713 --> 50:29.963 It's not worthy of a thank you. 50:54.823 --> 50:57.323 Get out. Come on, get out. 50:57.826 --> 51:00.286 Keep it moving. Keep it moving. 51:01.413 --> 51:02.783 Why did you stop? 51:02.873 --> 51:05.253 We can't get you across the border in that truck. 51:06.001 --> 51:08.411 We don't have enough money for all the Russians. 51:08.587 --> 51:11.337 -So what are we doing? -Go climb into that vehicle. 51:14.051 --> 51:15.671 You're joking. 51:16.053 --> 51:17.973 Your choice, Agha sahib. 51:36.699 --> 51:38.199 Climb up quickly. 51:44.373 --> 51:46.203 Turn around and go down. 51:50.546 --> 51:52.546 I'm with you. Go. 52:02.474 --> 52:04.144 You see it? 52:04.435 --> 52:05.895 Yes. 52:06.312 --> 52:08.852 Don't be afraid. I'm right here with you. 52:09.064 --> 52:11.314 I can't breathe, Baba. 52:11.942 --> 52:14.812 Think of something else. Think of a poem. 52:15.404 --> 52:16.574 Rumi? 52:17.781 --> 52:19.741 You've memorized some, haven't you? 52:19.908 --> 52:21.248 I want to hear one. 52:22.953 --> 52:26.833 "If we come to sleep we are His drowsy ones 52:27.207 --> 52:30.837 "And if we come to wake we are in His hands" 52:31.503 --> 52:32.543 Keep going. 52:33.339 --> 52:36.799 "If we come to weeping we are His cloud full of raindrops 52:37.092 --> 52:40.092 "And if we come to laughing we are His lightning in that moment" 52:40.637 --> 52:41.767 Good job. 52:42.264 --> 52:45.304 "If we come to anger and battle it is the reflection of His wrath 52:45.976 --> 52:49.066 "And if we come to peace and pardon it is the reflection of His love 52:50.272 --> 52:53.732 "Who are we in this complicated world?" 53:04.953 --> 53:08.283 Fremont, California 1988 55:28.680 --> 55:30.350 And for money, 55:30.974 --> 55:33.554 you can work at the gas station with me. 55:33.894 --> 55:36.434 We'll put your diploma on the wall. 55:37.356 --> 55:39.236 Whatever you think. 56:09.763 --> 56:12.763 I wish Hassan had been with us today. 56:13.183 --> 56:15.973 This would make him happy. 56:34.663 --> 56:36.583 This is General Sahib, Mr. Iqbal Taheri. 56:37.207 --> 56:39.337 He was a decorated general in Kabul. 56:39.418 --> 56:41.338 Such a lofty introduction. 56:42.170 --> 56:44.010 -Salaam, my child. -Salaam, General Sahib. 56:44.798 --> 56:46.388 Amir is going to be a great writer. 56:47.634 --> 56:49.054 It is God's will. 56:49.511 --> 56:51.721 Will you be writing about our country? 56:52.222 --> 56:53.512 History, perhaps? 56:54.558 --> 56:56.438 I write fiction. 56:57.894 --> 56:59.184 A storyteller. 56:59.688 --> 57:04.738 Well, people do need their stories to divert them occasionally. 57:05.235 --> 57:09.195 -Father, you forgot your tea. -You are too kind, my dear. 57:10.782 --> 57:12.612 My daughter, Soraya jan. 57:15.037 --> 57:17.207 Well, time to go set up. 57:17.748 --> 57:20.168 Best of luck with the writing. 57:21.001 --> 57:22.251 -Until later. -Goodbye. 57:28.050 --> 57:29.390 What? 57:29.760 --> 57:31.560 She has made an impression on you? 57:31.803 --> 57:33.723 Please, Baba. 57:52.824 --> 57:54.074 What are you writing? 57:59.831 --> 58:01.741 Write well. 58:18.475 --> 58:21.935 The General is a Pashtun to the root. He has honor and pride. 58:22.688 --> 58:24.688 I was only going to get us Cokes. 58:24.773 --> 58:26.313 Just don't embarrass me. 58:26.775 --> 58:28.485 That's all I ask. 01:00:39.658 --> 01:00:42.668 Our aspiring storyteller. What a pleasure. 01:00:51.336 --> 01:00:54.636 They say it will rain this week. 01:00:54.965 --> 01:00:57.005 Hard to believe, isn't it? 01:00:58.760 --> 01:01:00.180 You know, child, 01:01:00.971 --> 01:01:02.721 I've grown rather fond of you. 01:01:04.015 --> 01:01:05.805 You're a decent boy. 01:01:06.268 --> 01:01:12.028 But, sometimes, even decent boys need reminding. 01:01:12.607 --> 01:01:18.117 So it's my duty to remind you that you are among peers. 01:01:19.239 --> 01:01:22.039 Here, everyone is a storyteller. 01:01:22.784 --> 01:01:25.454 Do pass my respects to your father. 01:01:26.121 --> 01:01:27.371 Yes, of course. 01:04:14.289 --> 01:04:18.509 I'm tired of these machines. Tomorrow I want you to take me home. 01:04:18.918 --> 01:04:20.258 But Dr. Amani said... 01:04:39.481 --> 01:04:41.351 How are you, my friend? 01:04:45.070 --> 01:04:47.950 You shouldn't have burdened yourselves. 01:04:48.364 --> 01:04:49.494 It's no burden. 01:04:50.825 --> 01:04:52.995 No burden at all. 01:04:53.078 --> 01:04:57.498 If you need anything, ask me like you'd ask a brother. 01:04:59.084 --> 01:05:00.664 Your coming here 01:05:01.836 --> 01:05:03.836 has brightened my eyes. 01:05:05.006 --> 01:05:07.296 What about you, Amir jan? 01:05:07.509 --> 01:05:09.469 Do you need anything? 01:05:10.553 --> 01:05:13.513 No, thank you, General Sahib. 01:05:15.725 --> 01:05:16.935 Excuse me. 01:05:19.312 --> 01:05:20.522 Thank you. 01:05:21.272 --> 01:05:24.142 Those are beautiful flowers. 01:06:50.111 --> 01:06:52.571 No, child. Thank you. 01:07:01.289 --> 01:07:03.629 I want you to go khastegari. 01:07:04.667 --> 01:07:07.837 I want you to ask General Taheri for his daughter's hand. 01:07:10.298 --> 01:07:12.008 Are you sure? 01:07:14.135 --> 01:07:17.015 More sure than I've ever been about anything. 01:07:20.516 --> 01:07:23.066 Then give me the phone and my address book. 01:07:25.146 --> 01:07:26.356 Now? 01:07:26.981 --> 01:07:28.641 Then when? 01:07:33.655 --> 01:07:35.615 Yes, much better. 01:07:36.199 --> 01:07:39.119 It was gracious of you to come. 01:07:39.994 --> 01:07:41.624 I called to ask, 01:07:42.163 --> 01:07:43.873 if you have time, 01:07:44.040 --> 01:07:45.750 if I may pay you a visit tomorrow morning. 01:07:46.251 --> 01:07:48.411 It's an honorable matter. 01:07:49.170 --> 01:07:50.220 Nine o'clock? 01:07:50.380 --> 01:07:51.510 That's just fine. 01:07:51.673 --> 01:07:52.673 Until then. 01:08:05.812 --> 01:08:06.852 Go home. 01:08:07.021 --> 01:08:08.681 I'll call you in an hour. 01:08:18.533 --> 01:08:19.613 The General accepted. 01:08:19.701 --> 01:08:21.741 -He accepted? -Yes, he accepted. 01:08:21.828 --> 01:08:24.378 But Soraya jan wants to talk to you first. 01:08:27.250 --> 01:08:30.380 How do I know about what? She wants to talk to you. 01:08:48.104 --> 01:08:51.564 How are you? Come inside and have some tea. 01:08:52.400 --> 01:08:54.780 He didn't come for tea. 01:08:55.236 --> 01:08:57.906 It doesn't matter, we're going out for a walk. 01:13:15.705 --> 01:13:17.375 Help me to bed. 01:13:17.832 --> 01:13:19.082 Of course. 01:13:38.769 --> 01:13:41.439 I'll come back with your morphine and a glass of water. 01:13:42.023 --> 01:13:43.063 No. 01:13:43.524 --> 01:13:45.274 There is no pain tonight. 01:13:47.820 --> 01:13:49.870 Come here, my daughter. 01:15:03.604 --> 01:15:04.854 San Francisco 2000 01:15:11.445 --> 01:15:12.615 All right. 01:15:13.823 --> 01:15:14.983 God willing. 01:15:15.282 --> 01:15:17.782 Goodbye. 01:16:07.668 --> 01:16:09.668 Peshawar, Pakistan 01:16:58.928 --> 01:17:01.598 Welcome, welcome. 01:17:03.390 --> 01:17:05.900 You've become a man. 01:17:06.227 --> 01:17:08.567 General Taheri's daughter. 01:17:09.063 --> 01:17:11.183 She's a beauty. 01:17:12.733 --> 01:17:14.653 Any children? 01:17:17.947 --> 01:17:19.617 We tried, but 01:17:20.658 --> 01:17:23.208 it doesn't seem possible for us. 01:17:25.371 --> 01:17:26.531 Thank you. 01:17:29.291 --> 01:17:32.001 How long have you been in Pakistan? 01:17:32.211 --> 01:17:36.291 Less than a year. Kabul is no longer safe for me. 01:17:37.091 --> 01:17:39.461 The Taliban are as bad as they say? 01:17:40.052 --> 01:17:41.262 Oh, worse. 01:17:41.345 --> 01:17:44.845 Much worse. They don't let you be human. 01:17:45.182 --> 01:17:48.182 They even banned kite flying. 01:17:51.981 --> 01:17:54.271 I have something for you. 01:17:59.446 --> 01:18:00.826 What's this? 01:18:02.533 --> 01:18:03.743 Look. 01:19:04.136 --> 01:19:05.476 Come, sit. 01:20:05.322 --> 01:20:07.072 Rostam and Sohrab 01:20:19.336 --> 01:20:20.626 It was good. 01:20:20.963 --> 01:20:22.503 Very good. 01:20:52.619 --> 01:20:55.079 Hassan wouldn't leave. 01:23:08.088 --> 01:23:09.338 He's your nephew. 01:23:09.423 --> 01:23:11.253 I don't believe you. 01:23:12.551 --> 01:23:13.671 You do. 01:23:14.678 --> 01:23:16.558 That's what frightens you. 01:23:17.598 --> 01:23:19.268 You're saying 01:23:20.601 --> 01:23:21.761 my father, 01:23:23.103 --> 01:23:25.433 for all those years, 01:23:26.148 --> 01:23:27.818 lied to me. 01:23:28.775 --> 01:23:29.945 Please think. 01:23:31.111 --> 01:23:35.781 All that a man had back then was his honor, his name, 01:23:36.033 --> 01:23:37.703 and if people talked... 01:26:55.357 --> 01:26:57.277 I really have to wear it? 01:28:53.266 --> 01:28:55.936 I feel like a tourist in my own country. 01:29:51.992 --> 01:29:55.162 Do you remember what this street smelled like in the old days? 01:29:57.831 --> 01:30:02.161 Lamb kabob. 01:30:07.382 --> 01:30:10.002 Beard patrol. 01:30:14.848 --> 01:30:16.398 What's the matter with you? 01:30:17.017 --> 01:30:18.017 What? 01:30:18.101 --> 01:30:20.431 Don't you ever stare at them! 01:30:21.688 --> 01:30:23.108 Understand me? 01:30:23.690 --> 01:30:24.780 Never! 01:31:19.371 --> 01:31:21.121 We're looking for this boy. 01:31:21.206 --> 01:31:23.376 I'm sorry. I've never seen him. 01:31:23.833 --> 01:31:26.083 You barely looked at the picture, my friend. 01:31:26.252 --> 01:31:28.252 I know all the children here 01:31:28.922 --> 01:31:30.792 and that one doesn't look familiar. 01:31:31.257 --> 01:31:32.847 And now, if you'll permit me... 01:31:33.051 --> 01:31:34.671 We don't mean him any harm. 01:31:34.803 --> 01:31:36.513 I told you he's not here. 01:31:36.596 --> 01:31:39.136 -Now, please, go away. -Friend, we are not with the Taliban. 01:31:39.224 --> 01:31:41.434 The man wants to take this boy to a safe place. 01:31:41.726 --> 01:31:43.356 I knew Sohrab's father. 01:31:43.728 --> 01:31:44.898 His name was Hassan. 01:31:45.438 --> 01:31:47.898 There's hope for this boy, Agha. 01:31:48.358 --> 01:31:49.908 A way out. 01:31:50.568 --> 01:31:52.488 I can take him back to America with me. 01:31:53.947 --> 01:31:55.947 I'm his uncle. 01:32:01.287 --> 01:32:03.877 What I have to tell you is not pleasant. 01:32:04.457 --> 01:32:07.207 I tell you, because I believe you. 01:32:07.752 --> 01:32:10.372 You have the look of desperate men. 01:32:17.137 --> 01:32:19.637 There is a Talib official. 01:32:20.640 --> 01:32:22.940 He visits every month or two. 01:32:23.893 --> 01:32:26.143 He brings cash with him. 01:32:26.312 --> 01:32:29.482 Not a lot, but better than nothing. 01:32:30.650 --> 01:32:32.780 Usually, he takes a girl. 01:32:33.820 --> 01:32:35.530 But not always. 01:32:37.323 --> 01:32:38.653 And you allow this? 01:32:39.242 --> 01:32:40.862 What choice do I have? 01:32:41.661 --> 01:32:43.031 You're the director here. 01:32:43.580 --> 01:32:45.420 Your job is to watch over these children. 01:32:45.498 --> 01:32:46.918 There is nothing I can do. 01:32:47.000 --> 01:32:49.090 -You're selling children! -Easy. 01:32:49.169 --> 01:32:50.419 You're here to protect them! 01:32:50.503 --> 01:32:51.583 Yes, 01:32:51.671 --> 01:32:53.171 I am here to protect them. 01:32:53.465 --> 01:32:54.595 Sit. 01:32:56.676 --> 01:32:58.426 And you, brother? 01:32:58.845 --> 01:33:01.635 You come here to rescue a boy, 01:33:01.890 --> 01:33:04.860 take him back to America, give him a good life. 01:33:05.643 --> 01:33:07.853 It must seem heroic, huh? 01:33:08.480 --> 01:33:10.820 But what of the other two hundred children? 01:33:11.191 --> 01:33:12.901 You'll never see them again. 01:33:12.984 --> 01:33:15.524 You'll never hear them howling in the night. 01:33:16.529 --> 01:33:18.869 I spent my life savings on this orphanage. 01:33:18.948 --> 01:33:23.168 Everything I owned or inherited I sold to run this godforsaken place. 01:33:24.329 --> 01:33:28.249 You think I don't have family in Pakistan or Iran? 01:33:28.917 --> 01:33:32.047 I could have run like everyone else. 01:33:33.296 --> 01:33:36.256 If I deny him one child, he takes 10. 01:33:37.217 --> 01:33:39.847 So, I let him take one, 01:33:40.386 --> 01:33:43.226 and leave the judging to Allah. 01:33:44.516 --> 01:33:47.356 I take his filthy money, and I go to the bazaar, 01:33:48.019 --> 01:33:49.359 and I buy food for the children. 01:33:50.897 --> 01:33:53.607 You think I spend it on myself? 01:33:54.400 --> 01:33:55.910 Look at me. 01:33:57.237 --> 01:33:58.367 Look. 01:33:59.072 --> 01:34:00.942 What happens to the children he takes? 01:34:02.408 --> 01:34:04.958 Sometimes, they come back, 01:34:06.162 --> 01:34:08.122 more often, they don't. 01:34:11.042 --> 01:34:12.872 Who is he? 01:34:13.753 --> 01:34:16.043 How do I find him? 01:34:19.884 --> 01:34:22.884 Go to the Ghazi Stadium tomorrow. 01:34:23.054 --> 01:34:26.434 You'll see him at halftime. 01:34:27.433 --> 01:34:30.103 He'll be the one making speeches. 01:34:30.979 --> 01:34:34.649 Now, please leave. You've frightened the children. 01:35:25.450 --> 01:35:26.500 We should go. 01:35:31.915 --> 01:35:33.375 I have to look at one more thing. 01:35:35.668 --> 01:35:37.128 Better to forget. 01:35:38.171 --> 01:35:39.921 I don't want to forget anymore. 01:37:18.646 --> 01:37:20.606 Do you want to stay here? 01:37:21.441 --> 01:37:23.061 No, but we have to. 01:37:34.370 --> 01:37:35.540 That's him. 01:37:43.629 --> 01:37:45.049 Brothers and sisters! 01:37:45.548 --> 01:37:47.848 We are here today to carry out Shari'a. 01:37:48.176 --> 01:37:50.346 We are here today to carry out justice. 01:37:50.845 --> 01:37:53.055 We listen to what God says, and we obey. 01:37:53.431 --> 01:37:54.511 And what does God say? 01:37:54.724 --> 01:37:58.514 Every sinner must be punished in a manner befitting his sin. 01:37:59.103 --> 01:38:02.313 Those are not my words, nor the words of my brothers. 01:38:02.607 --> 01:38:04.527 Those are the words of God! 01:38:04.692 --> 01:38:07.562 And what manner of punishment benefits the adulterer? 01:38:07.779 --> 01:38:11.909 How shall we punish those who dishonor the sanctity of marriage? 01:38:12.825 --> 01:38:16.495 How shall we deal with those who disobey God? 01:38:17.163 --> 01:38:21.163 How shall we answer those who throw stones at the windows of God's house? 01:38:22.126 --> 01:38:24.836 We shall throw stones back! 01:38:50.279 --> 01:38:51.409 My friend. 01:38:51.614 --> 01:38:53.654 My friend, a word? 01:38:54.992 --> 01:38:56.862 We have business with your brother. 01:38:59.288 --> 01:39:01.168 Personal business. 01:40:01.893 --> 01:40:05.893 I guess I'll wait in the car. This is your business now. 01:40:07.315 --> 01:40:09.605 Thank you for helping me. 01:40:21.412 --> 01:40:23.202 Anyone there? 01:40:27.126 --> 01:40:29.966 I was told to come here. 01:40:34.383 --> 01:40:35.423 Come in. 01:40:36.636 --> 01:40:37.636 Thank you. 01:40:50.316 --> 01:40:51.776 How soft. 01:41:29.522 --> 01:41:30.682 Sit down. 01:41:31.691 --> 01:41:32.851 Sit down. 01:42:05.725 --> 01:42:08.015 I think there's been a mistake. 01:42:08.352 --> 01:42:10.852 I came to see your friend. 01:42:12.440 --> 01:42:14.860 The man who made the speech at the stadium. 01:42:15.359 --> 01:42:17.199 He has other business. 01:42:17.820 --> 01:42:19.700 You can do away with that now. 01:42:22.575 --> 01:42:24.205 I'm not sure what you mean. 01:42:24.869 --> 01:42:26.329 Take off your beard. 01:42:42.345 --> 01:42:44.805 One of the better ones I've seen. 01:42:46.140 --> 01:42:47.440 Take off the turban. 01:42:53.481 --> 01:42:54.931 You come from America? 01:42:57.276 --> 01:42:58.446 Yes. 01:43:02.656 --> 01:43:03.866 I'm looking for a boy. 01:43:04.367 --> 01:43:06.327 Isn't everybody? 01:43:08.120 --> 01:43:11.000 I understand your friend brought him here. 01:43:11.916 --> 01:43:13.416 His name is Sohrab. 01:43:14.377 --> 01:43:16.217 Let me ask you something. 01:43:16.962 --> 01:43:19.172 What are you doing with that whore America? 01:43:19.882 --> 01:43:21.502 Why aren't you here 01:43:22.176 --> 01:43:24.806 with your Muslim brothers, serving your country. 01:43:25.971 --> 01:43:28.431 I've been away for a long time. 01:43:29.642 --> 01:43:30.972 That's an answer? 01:43:32.520 --> 01:43:34.150 Not an answer, they say. 01:43:35.981 --> 01:43:38.441 I'm only here for the boy. 01:43:39.485 --> 01:43:40.735 Do you want to see him? 01:44:20.401 --> 01:44:21.651 Come, my boy. 01:44:28.117 --> 01:44:29.997 Such a talented little Hazara. 01:44:31.370 --> 01:44:32.880 Leave us be. 01:44:37.042 --> 01:44:38.292 I've been wondering, 01:44:38.669 --> 01:44:41.509 whatever happened to your great Baba, anyway? 01:44:43.215 --> 01:44:44.345 What did you think? 01:44:44.758 --> 01:44:47.178 That you'd put on a fake beard and I wouldn't recognize you? 01:44:48.304 --> 01:44:50.684 I knew you the second I saw you in the stadium. 01:44:50.890 --> 01:44:53.560 I never forget a face. Never! 01:44:54.977 --> 01:44:56.397 Assef? 01:44:56.604 --> 01:44:57.854 Amir jan. 01:44:59.732 --> 01:45:01.102 What are you doing here? 01:45:01.358 --> 01:45:02.568 Me? 01:45:02.776 --> 01:45:04.486 I'm home. 01:45:05.112 --> 01:45:07.322 The question is, what are you doing here? 01:45:09.575 --> 01:45:11.495 I'm taking the boy home with me. 01:45:15.206 --> 01:45:16.586 You want my advice? 01:45:17.082 --> 01:45:18.372 Run away. 01:45:18.751 --> 01:45:20.411 That's what you do best. 01:45:21.795 --> 01:45:23.505 Not without Sohrab. 01:45:25.216 --> 01:45:26.426 Why's that? 01:45:26.717 --> 01:45:28.257 The boy's too good for his country? 01:45:28.469 --> 01:45:30.229 What do you know about Afghanistan? 01:45:30.846 --> 01:45:32.806 You weren't here when the Communists shot our mullahs 01:45:32.890 --> 01:45:34.350 and pissed in our mosques. 01:45:34.433 --> 01:45:37.683 This country was like a beautiful mansion littered with garbage. 01:45:37.811 --> 01:45:40.931 We took out the garbage. We brought law. We brought justice. 01:45:41.023 --> 01:45:42.983 I have seen your laws 01:45:43.359 --> 01:45:45.029 and your justice. 01:45:45.569 --> 01:45:47.529 And I'm taking the boy home with me. 01:45:47.613 --> 01:45:49.113 All right, then. 01:45:53.786 --> 01:45:56.626 Of course, I didn't say you could take him for free. 01:46:28.279 --> 01:46:29.619 No more. 01:46:30.030 --> 01:46:31.740 No more, Agha. Please, stop hurting him. 01:46:32.032 --> 01:46:35.112 Put it down, Hazara. You'll get yours next. 01:46:36.245 --> 01:46:37.285 Put it down! 01:46:43.127 --> 01:46:44.167 Get it out! 01:46:47.172 --> 01:46:49.002 Get it out! 01:47:17.036 --> 01:47:18.536 Kill him! 01:48:35.614 --> 01:48:38.784 Go home to your family. 01:48:52.673 --> 01:48:54.003 Are you Amir? 01:48:56.135 --> 01:48:58.805 Rahim Khan left this for you. 01:48:59.638 --> 01:49:00.978 Where did he go? 01:49:01.640 --> 01:49:03.730 I did not ask. 01:49:04.893 --> 01:49:06.393 But he'll be back? 01:49:07.312 --> 01:49:10.772 He has left us, my child. 01:49:27.624 --> 01:49:29.544 You're wasting your hand. 01:51:21.738 --> 01:51:24.328 Take off your shoes, dear brother. 01:51:25.784 --> 01:51:27.574 Forgive me. 01:52:45.405 --> 01:52:48.365 I thought I lost you. 01:52:55.874 --> 01:52:59.124 He used to come get me in the morning before prayers. 01:53:01.296 --> 01:53:04.006 I didn't want him to get me anymore. 01:53:08.637 --> 01:53:11.057 He won't, Sohrab. 01:53:12.557 --> 01:53:14.267 I swear to you, 01:53:15.769 --> 01:53:18.069 he can't get you anymore. 01:53:19.856 --> 01:53:21.856 Are your parents dead? 01:53:25.070 --> 01:53:26.370 Yes. 01:53:28.365 --> 01:53:30.745 Do you remember what they look like? 01:53:33.537 --> 01:53:35.127 I never met my mother. 01:53:37.499 --> 01:53:39.919 I remember what my father looked like. 01:53:41.420 --> 01:53:44.260 I'm starting to forget their faces. 01:53:45.590 --> 01:53:47.350 Is that bad? 01:53:56.768 --> 01:53:58.568 Here. 01:54:03.775 --> 01:54:07.575 Sometimes I'm glad they're dead. 01:54:08.780 --> 01:54:09.870 Why? 01:54:12.534 --> 01:54:13.654 Because... 01:54:15.037 --> 01:54:17.457 Because I don't want them to see me. 01:54:19.207 --> 01:54:21.337 I'm so dirty. 01:54:23.211 --> 01:54:24.501 You're not dirty. 01:54:33.847 --> 01:54:35.437 I won't hurt you. 01:54:46.902 --> 01:54:48.232 That's my wife. 01:54:59.122 --> 01:55:01.372 Sohrab jan, this is your aunt. 01:55:04.127 --> 01:55:05.877 We've all been waiting for you. 01:55:06.588 --> 01:55:09.178 Ready to meet your new family? 01:55:11.259 --> 01:55:12.469 Let's go. 01:55:22.479 --> 01:55:25.319 Do you like your room? 01:55:53.552 --> 01:55:56.382 I'm knitting him a turtleneck sweater for next winter. 01:55:56.721 --> 01:55:59.431 The sweaters they sell here don't last a month. 01:56:06.565 --> 01:56:10.355 You're going to tell me why you've brought this boy back with you? 01:56:12.571 --> 01:56:14.071 What sort of question is that? 01:56:14.239 --> 01:56:16.909 While you're busy knitting sweaters, my dear, 01:56:17.033 --> 01:56:19.743 I have to deal with the community perception of our family. 01:56:20.245 --> 01:56:24.245 People will ask why there is a Hazara boy living with our daughter. 01:56:24.332 --> 01:56:25.912 What do I tell them? 01:56:27.586 --> 01:56:28.966 You can tell them... 01:56:29.087 --> 01:56:30.337 It's all right. 01:56:30.755 --> 01:56:32.135 The General is correct. 01:56:32.591 --> 01:56:34.211 People will ask. 01:58:08.728 --> 01:58:10.438 And I'll take this spool. 01:58:30.375 --> 01:58:31.835 Do you like the kite? 01:58:37.882 --> 01:58:39.252 Did I ever tell you 01:58:40.427 --> 01:58:41.467 your father 01:58:42.095 --> 01:58:44.305 was the best kite runner in all Kabul? 01:58:46.224 --> 01:58:48.974 He made all the neighborhood kids jealous. 01:58:50.145 --> 01:58:51.475 He'd run the kites 01:58:52.063 --> 01:58:54.893 and never look up at the sky. 01:58:55.734 --> 01:58:57.404 Some claimed 01:58:57.569 --> 01:59:00.579 he was just chasing the kite's shadow. 01:59:01.156 --> 01:59:05.406 But they didn't know him like I did. 01:59:06.244 --> 01:59:09.414 Your father wasn't chasing shadows. 01:59:10.749 --> 01:59:12.589 He just knew. 01:59:13.543 --> 01:59:15.083 That's all. 01:59:20.550 --> 01:59:23.270 Do you want to help me fly this? 01:59:24.596 --> 01:59:26.016 Okay. 01:59:26.264 --> 01:59:28.434 Looks like I have to fly it solo. 01:59:39.569 --> 01:59:41.159 Last chance. 01:59:44.866 --> 01:59:46.116 Here I go. 01:59:55.960 --> 01:59:57.470 It's a good kite, no? 01:59:59.798 --> 02:00:01.298 Do you want to try? 02:00:03.510 --> 02:00:04.770 Here. 02:00:07.764 --> 02:00:09.184 Hold it tight, Sohrab jan. 02:00:10.350 --> 02:00:11.810 Good job, Sohrab. 02:00:24.364 --> 02:00:25.614 Pull, pull, pull! 02:00:38.169 --> 02:00:40.009 Looks like someone wants a fight. 02:00:41.840 --> 02:00:43.300 Are you sure? 02:00:53.852 --> 02:00:55.762 Let's teach him a lesson, no? 02:00:56.187 --> 02:00:57.687 Watch, Sohrab. 02:00:57.939 --> 02:01:01.569 I'm going to show you one of your father's favorite tricks. 02:01:01.693 --> 02:01:03.233 An old technique. 02:01:03.778 --> 02:01:05.028 Lift and Dive. 02:01:09.993 --> 02:01:11.493 Come. 02:01:16.291 --> 02:01:17.791 Come closer. 02:01:25.633 --> 02:01:27.173 Here he comes! 02:01:28.052 --> 02:01:29.552 We're going to catch him now, right? 02:01:42.525 --> 02:01:44.235 Look, I cut him! 02:01:50.783 --> 02:01:52.453 Do you want me to run that kite for you? 02:01:55.079 --> 02:01:57.339 For you, a thousand times over.