Plot
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Cast
as Parvana (voice)
as Shauzia (voice)
as Idrees / Sulayman (voice)
as Fattema / Old Woman (voice)
as Nurullah / Talib Security Man (voice)
as Soraya (voice)
as Old Woman / Woman in Courtyard (voice)
as Razaq (voice)
as Optician / Kiln Owner Talib / Crowd Voices (voice)
as Cousin / Fruit Seller / Market Voices (voice)
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Reviews
Another super flick from Cartoon Saloon! After watching and enjoying the Irish Folklore Trilogy from the studio, I simply had to check out their one other film to date: 'The Breadwinner'. I actually think that's kind of a boring title to be honest, but thankfully the film is anything but. It follows the lines that you'd, or at least I'd, expect given the subject matter, but it stil…
"Parvana" is a young girl - only eleven years old - who is forced to use all of her wits and intelligence to help her family survive once her father is arrested and imprisoned by the Taliban government in Afghanistan. Her number one problem is, though, that girls are not even allowed outside of their homes without a male relative, much less permitted to work on the streets where she (recently sho…