Favourite films?

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Just watched The Kite Runner which was shown on BBC2 on Saturday. There aren't many films that IMO measure up to the book, but this was the exception (and it's a foreign language film with English subtitles). Just like the book, I spent quite a lot of time weeping as it is really a sad and tragic story.

If you haven't read The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, I would really recommend them both. They both portray the conflict in Afghanistan and it's effect on the people who are forced to live through it. Neither are war books, rather an insight into the personal stories of people living in very diffucult situations. Before reading the Kite Runner, my knowledge of the area and recent events was limited to TV and newspaper reports. This book changed my life in that it made me feel ashamed about my ignorance and a deep sense of injustice about what has happened there.

This isn't much of a review but please read them, they are truly amazing!