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Title:
The breadwinner / an Aircraft Pictures, Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions film in association with Jolie Pas Productions ; directed by Nora Twomey ; screen story by Deborah Ellis ; screenplay by Anita Doron ; produced by Anthony Leo [and four others].
Publication Information:
Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2018]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (1 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from web page.
Based on the book by Deborah Ellis.
Anamorphic wide screen (2.39:1).
Bonus features: Introduction by director Nora Twomey and executive producer Angelina Jolie; audio commentary with the filmmakers; the making of "The breadwinner"; theatrical trailer.
DVD.
Summary:
Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family.
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Corporate Subject:
Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Audience:
Rating: PG-13; for thematic material including some violent images.
Performer:
Voices, Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Laara Sadiq.
Production Credits:
Editor, Darragh Byrne ; music, Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna.
OCLC Number:
on1022567148
Availability:
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