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Safar-e Ghandehar (2001)
Loved it and thought the amateurish quality appropriate
I don't usually comment, but I thought this movie was getting a bad rap and decided to pipe up. I thought Kandahar was a visual feast with an interesting setting and a suspense filled plot. It has been several years since I have seen it, so I am short on details, but I LOVED it.
In addition, I thought the amateurish quality was appropriate. Even though there is some need to "suspend disbelief" when, for example, we see things that she doesn't, this movie is a presenting itself as a documentary of the main character's experience traveling to Afganistan to find her sister. It is not meant to feel like a Hollywood movie.
Of course, I am not in a position to verify the accuracy of the film as I have never even traveled to the middle east, but it does correspond to other things I have heard and read. I would recommend Kandahar to those who are interested in seeing what the desert around Afganistan looks like, interested in the culture, and who don't need an action driven plot.