The Breadwinner

Peter Sobczynski

It is ironic that The Breadwinner would put such an emphasis on the importance of storytelling, since it is on a narrative level where it is clunkiest. ( Read More )

Sandie Angulo Chen

This gorgeously animated but unflinching tale of a young girls courage under Taliban rule is a poignant, important reminder about the violence that girls and women face in extreme patriarchies. ( Read More )

So urgent and far reaching that it never settles into the comforts of a coming of age story, The Breadwinner is a small film about the biggest things. ( Read More )

Peter Debruge

Though the heroine is a child, and the book was written for young readers, The Breadwinner is by no means a simple minded kidpic; rather, it directly confronts the misogyny and chauvinism of contemporary Afghanistan, while powerfully suggesting that storytelling is both a means of coping and a solution for change. ( Read More )

Diego Semerene

The film doesnt see that border crossing is inevitably rife with unintended consequences beyond narrative ones. ( Read More )