loveguych I amazed with Hindu devotional song used in background.It reminds that all god are same one and only but we pray at differently.I have seen good movie, second to About Elly. Good movie. must watch.It pictured day to day life of Afghan women.It induce lot of inner questions like Dr. in this film.Why should all happen for that people? why they can not like others in this world? Director & lead charter in this story done marvelous work.All charter brings the really in their face.I love background music , really fantastic.

Sawbone The comment on the Indian music is off base - Indian music and DVDs are common in Afghanistan as the local entertainment industry is still recovering from the Taliban. Bollywood film DVDs are sold in Kabul. Pictures and posters of Indian actresses are popular here. It isn't unusual to hear recorded Sitar music here in Kabul.Afghan and Indian music was distributed secretly at great risk during the Taliban reign. There is just not enough Afghan material yet and Afghans love music, even if they don't understand Urdu.There is a scene in the movie where an instrument is seized by the Taliban before the wedding.So the soundtrack was completely appropriate for me.Hopefully we will see a feature film made inside Afghanistan someday. Its a beautiful and fascinating place and holds fascinating stories.

Robin Turner It is hard to say anything negative about such a well-intentioned and well-produced film, but I found Kandahar an immense disappointment. The film deals seriously with a serious subject, and one which is still relevant (since life for women since the fall of the Taliban hasn't improved as much as we'd like to think). It is also beautifully shot, and has a captivating soundtrack made up from Afghan music. There are also some interesting characters, such as the American activist who went to Afghanistan to fight the Russians and stayed to use his para-medical skills to help the Afghan people. The one ingredient missing is a plot. There is a plot-device: the heroine is going to Kandahar to find her sister (who has written to say that she will commit suicide). However, this is merely a vehicle for a travelogue. As a documentary showing life under the Taliban, Kandahar is excellent, but as a film, it is weak.

bob the moo Nafas is an Afghan refugee in Canada, separated from what remains of her family. When she receives a letter from her sister in Kandahar saying that she intends to kill herself at the next eclipse, Nafas sets out to enter Afghanistan and find her sister in order to rescue her. Joining a family traveling across the desert she quickly remembers why she fled the country in the first place as her status as a woman is as dangerous as the unseen landmines as she tries to find her sister before time runs out.I knew little about this film prior to watching it apart from that it was popular mostly due to its unfortunate relevance. Watching it from the start to the end I must admit that, as a film or a story it was not as good as some viewers have said. The narrative is simplistic and seems to alter the passing of time to suit itself, while major holes in plotting are rather annoying if that is what you are focusing on. The film also struggles in terms of characters, with Nafas being rather bland and hard to care for, her sister being unseen and not in any more danger than those we do see (ie minimising our passion for the quest) and even the noble Talib Sahid came across as rather an unlikely character to stumble upon.However, I still consider this to be a film worth seeing even after all that. Why? Well, simply because of the view it gives us of Afghanistan – a view that not even the British media did a good job of giving us when the conflict started. I watched this thinking 'this is the country we have been bombing for several years now?' and, while I knew it was hardly the most technologically advanced country, it doesn't really hit home until you see it and, with US news coverage of this side of the country being limited to hyped-up soldiers then this film should be seen to help balance it all out. So Nafas' journey is little more than an excuse to show many aspects of the country within a sort of story and, as that, it is worth seeing – it is hard not to feel for the people as you see the treatment of women, the poor facilities, the horrors of landmines and so on.True to the weakness of the plot, the ending just sort of 'happens' and those who had been holding to the hope of the vague narrative becoming stronger will also be let down. This is not a film to come to for a story or a strong plot because in these areas it is pretty weak and not very good as a film as you'd expect one to be. However it provides insight into a country that we have all heard a lot about over the past few years and, for that and that alone, it is valuable and worth seeing if you can get the chance.