Kandahar

Synopsis: A Canadian journalist, an exile from Afghanistan, dons the burka as she attempts to return to her homeland to save her suicidal sisiter. Harrowing, heartfelt drama limns the horrors and deprivations resulting from decades of civil war and repressive Taliban regime.

Starring:  Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Sadou Teymouri 

Director:  Mohsen Makhmalbaf 

Writer:  Mohsen Makhmalbaf 

Released:  2001 (theater)

Rating:  NR

Country:  Iran, France

Language:  Farsi, English, Polish

AKA: 
Safar e Ghandehar
Sun Behind the Moon, The (2001) (International: English title)