The Forbidden Reel
2020 · Movie · 119 min
★ 5.5(1)unSUB Rating
Afghan filmmakers gave birth to an extraordinary national cinema and protected it from extremists. Afghan-Canadian director Ariel Nasr crafts a thrilling and utterly original story of modern Afghanistan.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-03-03
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 8.0/10 (1 votes)
Themes
- cinema on cinema
- afghanistan
- mujahid
- taliban
- docudrama
- religious fundamentalism
- afghan-soviet war (1979-89)
- political repression
- film censorship
Cast & crew
- AZ
Ahmed Zahed
as Child Siddiq
- AK
Adbul Rasool Khalaqi
as Projectionist
- HA
Hamsafar Azam
as Soviet Spy #1
- KA
Khaled Aziz
as Soviet Spy #2
- MY
Mohamad Yaqood
as Afghan Films President
- FB
Farooq Ghulam Baraki
as Taliban #1
- JD
Jamil Dakohai
as Taliban #2
- SS
Safiulla Sadiqi
as Taliban #3
- ZA
Zakarya Amin
as Taliban #4
- KG
Koko Gul
as Siddiq's Mother
Directed by Ariel Nasr