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Apr 7, 2023 · One big discovery was Burka Band, an all-woman group from Kabul, and its sardonic post-punk song Burka Blue. The track would appear in the film — and a shot from its official music video, filmed behind a burka veil, inspired a number of scenes in The Swallows of Kabul.
Sep 5, 2019 · Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Swallows of Kabul (Les Hirondelles de Kaboul). The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexis Rault ( Being 17 , Memories , Ladies , Golden Years ).
One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn. French duo Zabou Breitman & Eléa Gobbé-Mevellec’s acclaimed work sadly feels more relevant than ever, and works as a reminder of the restrictions and arbitrary rules imposed by the Taliban. Ticket information.
Jan 30, 2020 · “The Swallows of Kabul” also deserves praise for its soundtrack, which features both pumpy indie rock of Afghanistan’s anonymous riot grrrl collective Burka Band, and the heartrending old Persian song “Soltane Ghalbha.”
Aug 19, 2020 · The song is Burka Blue, named for the standard colour of the full-body coverings worn by women in Kabul, and in 2003 it proved a minor hit for the Burka Band — an unlikely girl group comprised ...
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May 20, 2019 · In their adaption of Yasmina Kadra’s novel The Swallows of Kabul (2002), director/actress Zabou Breitman and animator Eléa Gobbé Mévellec have pulled each other into new territory: the former had never worked in animation and the latter had never worked on a feature film. Mixing their areas of expertise they filmed their actors performing ...
This is the song that Zunaira is listening to at the beginning of the film. Zabou Breitman : They had also shot part of the video in the markets, using subjective shots from behind the netting of their burqa.
