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Title The breadwinner [videorecording] / 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, Tomm Moore, Andrew Rosen, Paul Young, Stephan Roelants.

Publication Info. Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2018]

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Description 1 videodisc (1 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
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System Details DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Performer Voices: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Kawa Ada, Ali Badshah, Noorin Gulamgaus.
Credits Editor, Darragh Byrne ; music, Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna.
Note Based on the book by Deborah Ellis.
Audience MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material including some violent images.
Note Originally produced as an animated motion picture in 2017.
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.
Note Bonus features: Introduction by director Nora Twomey and executive producer Angelina Jolie; audio commentary with the filmmakers; the making of "The breadwinner"; theatrical trailer.
Awards Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated Feature Film
Subject Taliban -- Drama.
Girls -- Afghanistan -- Drama.
Sex role -- Afghanistan -- Drama.
Passing (Identity) -- Drama.
Women's rights -- Afghanistan -- Drama.
Imagination -- Drama.
Genre/Form Animated films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Twomey, Nora, film director.
Doron, Anita, 1974- screenwriter.
Ellis, Deborah, 1960- screenwriter.
Leo, Anthony, film producer.
Moore, Tomm, 1977- film producer.
Rosen, Andrew (Producer), film producer.
Cauhdarī, Sārah, voice actor.
Chhaya, Soma, 1998- voice actor.
Sadiq, Laara, voice actor.
Latif, Shaista, voice actor.
Ada, Kawa, voice actor.
Badshah, Ali, 1978- voice actor.
Gulamgaus, Noorin, 1997- voice actor.
Byrne, Darragh (Film editor), editor of moving image work.
Danna, Mychael, composer (expression)
Danna, Jeff, composer (expression)
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ellis, Deborah, 1960- Breadwinner series
Aircraft Pictures (Firm), production company.
Cartoon Saloon (Firm), production company.
Mélusine Productions, production company.
Jolie Pas (Firm), production company.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
ISBN 9786317162921
6317162921
Standard No. 191329051573
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Music No. 44195705 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
696385 Universal Studios Home Entertainment (disc)
2085993 Universal Studios Home Entertainment (disc)

 
    
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