Kite runner movie full#

Kite runner movie full#

When they finally arrive in Peshawar, they are kept in the basement of a house in destitute conditions, full of people, rats and feces. Picture of Amir and Hassan, retrieved from Īt the end of the book, as Baba and Amir flee from Kabul, Amir is said to be 18 years old, whereas in the movie, he is still depicted by a much younger actor. Anyhow, the limitations of this scene are understandable since it would be too graphic to show much else. In the movie, we only see Hassan getting shoved down and his pants pulled down. We are told “Assef knelt behind Hassan, put his hands on Hassan’s hips and lifted his bare buttocks” etc. In the novel, the rape scene is described in detail. The scene when Assef rapes Hassan is also particularly different. On the other hand, the harelip in the book may have been to emphasize the ethnic difference between Hassan, who is Hazara, and the other ethnicity, which was Pashtun.

In fact, the first time Hassan is introduced, he is called “the harelipped kite runner”. In the book, the cleft lip is mentioned several times. One of the first differences I noticed between the film and the book is that Hassan, the main character’s best friend, doesn’t have a cleft lip in the film.

Naturally, I noticed some contrasts between the two. Personally, I have both read the novel and seen the movie. The book is claimed to be the first Afghan novel written in English and was published in 40 countries. “The Kite Runner” is a novel written by Khaled Hosseini and a film directed by Marc Forster.