An Afghani writer living in America gets a chance to repair his guilty conscience by returning to his homeland to help the son of a childhood friend. As he makes the journey to Afghanistan, he is haunted by memories of his boyhood, when, despite a privileged upbringing, he lacked the courage to intervene when his friend was viciously attacked by bullies. Based on the Khaled Hosseini novel; Khalid Abdalla, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Homayoun Ershadi star. 127 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.