The Breadwinner (2017)
Ali Badshah: Nurullah, Talib Security Man
Quotes
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Parvana : We are a land whose people are its greatest treasure. We are at the edges of empires at war with each other. We are a fractured land in the claws of the Hindu Kush mountains, scorched by the fiery eyes of the northern deserts.
Nurullah : Black rubble earth against ice peaks. We are... Ariana, the land of the noble.
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Idrees : Hey! HEY YOU! What do you think you're doing?
[shooed the dog away with his whip]
Razaq : Why is this girl shouting?
Nurullah : She's only a child. She meant nothing by it.
Idrees : She's drawing attention to herself!
Razaq : She should be at home, not displaying herself in the market.
Nurullah : I have no son at home, except an infant. I need my daughter to help me.
Idrees : Stand up when we talk to you!
Nurullah : I'm a...
Idrees : I SAID, STAND UP!
Nurullah : [Stands up along with her daughter]
Idrees : I know you.
Nurullah : Yes, Idrees. I was your teacher, once. You were a good student.
Idrees : You wasted my time, teaching me things of no worth. I have joined the Taliban! And now, I fight the enemies of Islam!
Nurullah : Well, if I'm an enemy, then for my sins, God has taken my leg.
Idrees : Are you making fun of me, old man?
Nurullah : I lost my leg in the war. The war we fought together.
Idrees : How old is the girl?
Razaq : Idrees...
Nurullah : She's a child!
Idrees : She's old enough to marry! I'll be looking for a wife, soon.
Nurullah : She's already been promised to someone.
Idrees : Well, she should cover herself, properly!
Nurullah : Maybe, you should stop looking at her.
Idrees : What did you say to me?
Nurullah : I said, "Stop looking at her"!
Idrees : I CAN HAVE YOU KILLED!
Razaq : Idrees...
Idrees : YOU WATCH WHAT YOU SAY!
Razaq : That's enough! Come on!
[drags Idrees away from their sights]
Nurullah : [sighed; to Parvana] Are you alright?
Parvana : Yes, Baba.
Nurullah : That's my girl. Let's go home, now.
