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The Kite Runner (2007): Film vs Book
Film · 2007 · Directed by Marc Forster · Starring Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi
About the film
A man returns to Afghanistan to atone for a childhood betrayal.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookThe film keeps the big events and condenses the long timespan, so the secondary characters get less room.
Read or watch first?
The novel gives much more of the friendship at its center.
What the book gives you
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A moving story of friendship and the search for redemption, set against a vivid, colorful Afghanistan. It touches the heart and is hard to forget.
Who will like it: Readers who love emotional family stories about friendship, loyalty and redemption.