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The Kite Runner

2007

Years after fleeing to America, a young Afghan writer returns to his Taliban-ruled homeland to help the family of the childhood friend he once failed. Adapted from Khaled Hosseini's bestseller, it is a story of guilt, loyalty, and the search for redemption.

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