Les Cerfs-Volants de Kaboul (2007)

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Partager la citation sur facebook I dream that my son will grow up to be a good person, a free person. I dream that someday you will return to revisit the land of our childhood. I dream that flowers will bloom in the streets again and kites will fly in the skies.

Partager la citation sur facebook You see, General Sahib, my father slept with his servant's wife, and she bore him a son named Hassan. Hassan is dead now. That boy sleeping in the other room is Hassan's son. He's my nephew. That's what you tell people when they ask. And one more thing, General Sahib: you will never again refer to him as "a Hazara boy" in my presence. He has a name, and it's Sohrab.

Partager la citation sur facebook The citizens of Kabul were skeletons now. Skeletons selling naswar in the night market, skeletons drinking cups of strong tea, skeletons playing cards in the moonlight. They greeted me as I passed, teeth clacking together in their jaws. "Salaam, brother," they said. "Welcome home."

Partager la citation sur facebook Who are we in this complicated world?

Partager la citation sur facebook I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.

Partager la citation sur facebook There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft....When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.

Partager la citation sur facebook War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

Partager la citation sur facebook All this talk of sinning is making me thirsty.

Partager la citation sur facebook Fuck the Russia!

Partager la citation sur facebook I wish Hassan had been with us today. That would make him happy.

Partager la citation sur facebook [about the mullahs] I piss on the beards of those self-righteous monkeys.

Partager la citation sur facebook Instead of being a doctor and saving lives, my son wants to make up stories.

Partager la citation sur facebook There is no pain today.

Partager la citation sur facebook It's a dangerous thing, being born. Dangerous for the mother, dangerous for the child. Your father would die for you.

Partager la citation sur facebook Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.

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Partager la citation sur facebook There is a way to be good again.

Partager la citation sur facebook Afghanistan is the land of the Pashtuns. We're the real Afghans, not this flat-nosed Hazara. His people pollute our homeland. They dirty our blood. If idiots like you and your father hadn't taken these people in, we'd be rid of them.
Assef

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Partager la citation sur facebook You are among peers. Everyone here is a storyteller.
General Taheri

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Pakistan Taxi Driver

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Partager la citation sur facebook They call this area Afghan Town. Sometimes it feels like Peshawar is a suburb of Kabul.
Pakistan Taxi Driver

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Partager la citation sur facebook Hassan: [Talking about a story Amir wrote] Why did he kill his wife?
Amir: Because he would cry and his tears would turn into pearls.
Hassan: But why didn't he smell an onion?
[long pause]
Amir: Would you eat dirt if I asked you to do that?
Hassan: If you would ask it I would.
Hassan: But you would not ask that, would you?
Amir: Of course not.

Partager la citation sur facebook Hassan: I like Charles Bronson. Maybe someday we'll go to Iran.
Amir: Why?
Hassan: Maybe we'd see him somewhere. I could get his autograph.
Amir: Charles Bronson's not Iranian.
Hassan: He's not? So why does he speak Farsi with an Iranian accent?

Partager la citation sur facebook Amir: Baba, have you ever thought about getting new servants?
Baba: Why would I ever want to do that?
Amir: [already regretting it] I guess you wouldn't. It was just a question.
Baba: I grew up with Ali. My father took him in, he loved Ali like his own son. 40 years Ali's been with my family. 40 goddamn years. And you think I'm just going to throw him out? I've never laid a hand on you, Amir, but you ever say that again... You bring me shame. And Hassan... Hassan's not going anywhere. Do you understand? I SAID, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!

Partager la citation sur facebook Baba: Are you ready for your birthday present?
Hassan: Is it a drawing book?
Baba: Better!
Hassan: A toy gun?
Baba: Better!

Partager la citation sur facebook Baba: Where are you from?
Dr. Starobin: I grew up in Michigan. Came out here for medical school. Once you get used to that California sunshine...
Baba: But your family?
Dr. Starobin: My family? We're originally from Russia.
[Baba shoves him away, and is next seen with an Arabic doctor]

Partager la citation sur facebook Baba: My son, the college graduate.
Amir: It's just community college.
Baba: It's college. And someday, Dr. Amir!

Partager la citation sur facebook Rahim Khan: You should come home.
Amir: Home? I don't think now's such a good time.
Rahim Khan: It is a very bad time, but you should come. There is a way to be good again, Amir agha.

Partager la citation sur facebook Soraya: What do you see?
Amir: The rest of my life.

Partager la citation sur facebook Amir: Do you remember what these streets smelled like in the old days?
Farid: Kabob.
Amir: Lamb kabob.

Partager la citation sur facebook Assef: You want my advice? Run away. That's what you do best.
Amir: Not without Sohrab.
Assef: You want him? Take him. [shoves Sohrab at him] Of course, I did not say you could have him for free. [hits Amir]

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