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