The Kite Runner’ Is Delayed to Protect Child Stars 
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 — The studio distributing “The Kite Runner,” a tale of childhood betrayal, sexual predation and ethnic tension in Afghanistan, is delaying the film’s release to get its three schoolboy stars out of Kabul — perhaps permanently — in response to fears that they could be attacked for their enactment of a culturally inflammatory rape scene.
Full story in New York Times. Movie scene above also from NYT.
Just seeing those boys standing in the snow makes tears well, recalling the scene in the book ..what a powerful moment in literature. would have to block my ears, cover my eyes at the movies...
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