The Kite Runner

Movie • 2007 • Drama  

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After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
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Does the dog die?
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Unanswered Triggers
Does an animal die?
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Are animals abused?
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Ollie2
Scene with the slingshot used on the stray German Shepherd happens just over 12 minutes into the movie. Pretty quick, easy to skip.
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Ollie2
-Lots of dead animal carcasses hanging up in the meat markets, being cooked, and being carried around by people. Looks like pigs, goats, and fish.
-Just over 37 minutes in, there is also a bloody puddle, with dripping blood from a recently killed goat being hung up and butchered. There is a quick shot of the decapitated goat’s head.
-Close to 1 hour, 50 minutes into the movie, there is a decapitated cow head being dragged in a cart through the market, followed by a quick view of a pile of goat heads on the ground.
It’s all pretty repulsive. Skip if the images bother you the way they bothered me (mostly bothered, because I am all but certain they are real dead animal parts).
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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KageECKSDEE
It is the antagonist that is committing pedophilia. Assef participates in bacha bazi, a form of child abuse practiced in Afghanistan, where little boys are forced to become "dancing boys" so they can be used for the sexual gratification of older men. Assef's "dancing boy" is Sohrab, the son of Hassan (whom Assef raped earlier in the film)
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EmJorgensen
There are several graphic scenes depicting a child being r*ped.
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Bodily Harm
Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Ollie2
No amputations shown on screen. There is one brief scene where a character is explaining that a one-legged man is selling his leg. We also see a few one-legged kids on crutches at the orphanage, though it is unclear if they lost their legs to injury or amputation for selling parts.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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pulvilli
It is not explicitly mentioned, but implied that Sohrab is traumatized by his experiences with the Taliban
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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KageECKSDEE
Assef hates the Hazara people of Afghanistan and aspires to destroy them. He even idolizes Adolf Hitler and aspires to be like him.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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