The Breadwinner (film)

The Breadwinner is an upcoming 2017 Canadian-Irish-Luxembourgian animated drama film by Cartoon Saloon directed by Nora Twomey and executive produced by Mimi Polk Gitlin and Angelina Jolie. Based on the best-selling novel by Deborah Ellis, the film will be released in the fall of 2017.

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• Plot
• Cast
• Production
• References

The film will have its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Plot

After her father Nurullah is unjustly arrested, Parvana, a girl in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, must dress as a boy so she can work to support her mother Fattema and her sister Soraya.

Cast

Saara Chaudry as Parvana

Soma Bhatia as Shauzia

Noorin Gulamgaus

Kane Mahon

Laara Sadiq as Fattema

Ali Badshah as Nurullah

Shaista Latif as Soraya

Kanza Feris as Sorcerer

Kawa Ada as Razaq

Ali Kazmi

Mran Volkhard

Production

In May 2016, it was announced that key animation for the film had commenced.