Based on single of the greatest acclaimed novels in preceding memory, The Kite Runner is a profoundly emotional tale of friendship, family, devastating mistakes and redeeming love. In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever.

It’s a tasteful afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day’s victory, single boy’s fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after 20 years of living in America, Amir returns to a hazardous Afghanistan under the Taliban’s iron-fisted rule to face the secrets that calm haunt him and take single last daring chance to set things right.

Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster (STRANGER THAN FICTION, FINDING NEVERLAND and MONSTER’S BALL) brings to life Khaled Hosseini’s bestseller with a globally miscellaneous cast and crew, mixing a noteworthy group of non-actors from Afghanistan and centremost Asia with an accomplished international cast. The result is a journey into a newish world – through a worldwide human story that speaks to anyone who has ever yearned for a second chance to make a change and find forgiveness.