Kandahar journey into the heart of Afghanistan / [videorecording] :
Safar e Ghandehar
[presented by] Avatar Films ; produced by Makhmalbaf Film House, BAC Films and Studio Canal+ ; screenplay by Mohsen Makhmalbaf ; directed & edited by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
- [New York] : New Yorker Video, c2003.
- 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Letterboxed. Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Special features: original theatrical trailer, international trailer, "Lifting the Veil" a documentary about the film; cast and director bios and photo gallery.
Nafas, an Afghan-born Canadian journalist, returns to her homeland in a desperate attempt to reach her sister, who, overcome with grief after being injured by a landmine and her despair over the Taliban's oppression of women, has vowed that she will commit suicide at the time of the next solar eclipse, only three days away.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD.
In English and Farsi with optional English or French subtitles.
Cannes Film Festival, 2001: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Moshen Makhmalbaf)