The Breadwinner is a movie directed by Nora Twomey in 2017 and based on the book of the same name by Deborah Ellis, first published in 2000. The movie features Saara Chaudry, Soma Bhatia, Ali Badshah, Noorin Gulamgaus, Kane Mahon, Laara Sadiq, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Parvana is an 11-year-old girl living in Kabul under the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Her father, Nurullah, is a school teacher was left physically impaired during the Soviet–Afghan War; because of the war, he lost his left leg and became a hawker. When her father is captured, Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Movie vs Book
Year
2017
Minutes
94
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Breadwinner
Director: Nora Twomey
Country: Ireland
Year: 2017
Length: 1h34m
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Year
2000
Pages
171
Book Rate
7.98
S: Goodreads
Book
The Breadwinner
Author: Deborah Ellis
Country: Canada
First published in: 2000
Length: 171 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Breadwinner
User polls & recommendations
“No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.”
KATHERINE PATERSON (Writer)
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