in the 70 in afghanistan and the pushtun boy amir ( zekeria ebrahimi ) and the hazara boy hassan ( ahmad khan mahmoodzada ) and who be his loyal friend and son of their hazara servant ali ( nabi tanha ) and be raise together in amir father house and playing and kitting on the street of a peaceful kabul . amir feel that his wise and good father baba ( homayoun ershadi ) blame him for the death of his mother in the delivery and and also that his father love and prefers hassam to him . in return and amir feel a great respect for his father best friend rahim khan ( shaun toub ) and who support his intention to become a writer . after amir win a competition of kitting and hassam run to bring a kite to amir and but he be beat and rap by the brutal assef ( elham ehsas ) in an empty street to protect amir kite while the coward amir witness the assault but do not help the loyal hassam . on the day after his birthday party and amir hide his new watch in hassam bed to frame the boy a a thief and force his father to fire ali and release his conscience from recall his cowardice and betrayal . in 1979 and the russian invade afghanistan and baba and amir escape to pakistan . in 1988 and they have a simple life in fremont and california and when amir graduate in a public college for the pride and joy of baba . later amir meet his countrywoman soraya ( atossa leoni ) and they get marry . in 2000 and after the death of baba and amir be a famous novelist and receive a phone call from the terminal rahim khan and who disclose secret about his family and force amir to return to peshawar and in pakistan and in a journey of redemption . i be not familiar with the afghan culture and i do not read this novel in spite of the recommendation of my daughter and and yesterday i decide to watch this movie on dvd . i find a good story of loyalty and cowardice and betrayal and redemption and with a brief insight in the recent history of afghanistan and from a peaceful period in the 70 to the present day with the taliban . the actor and actress have great performance and give credibility to the realistic story . the arid location in china recall the image we see in television from afghanistan . in the end and i find the kite runner a good movie . my vote be seven . title ( brazil ) represent o caçador de pipa ( the kite chaser ) .