Movie
The Breadwinner
Overview
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-11-17
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Animation, War, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Aircraft Pictures, Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions, Jolie Pas, GKIDS
- Country
- Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Saara Chaudry as Parvana (voice)
- Soma Bhatia as Shauzia (voice)
- Noorin Gulamgaus as Idrees / Sulayman (voice)
- Laara Sadiq as Fattema / Old Woman (voice)
- Ali Badshah as Nurullah / Talib Security Man (voice)
- Shaista Latif as Soraya (voice)
- Kanza Feris as Old Woman / Woman in Courtyard (voice)
- Kawa Ada as Razaq (voice)
- Kane Mahon as Optician / Kiln Owner Talib / Crowd Voices (voice)
- Ali Kazmi as Cousin / Fruit Seller / Market Voices (voice)
- Mran Volkhard as Megaphone Voice / Shopkeeper (voice)
- Ezra Sholeh as Apple Seller / Guard / Teen Boy 2 / Crowd Voices (voice)
Crew
- Nora Twomey - Director
- Anita Doron - Screenplay
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