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The Black Tulip

  • 20102010
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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The Black Tulip (2010)
The Dakka Family opens up a new restaurant after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan only to be subsequently targeted by factional Taliban elements.
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The Mansouri family opens up a new restaurant after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan only to be subsequently targeted by factional Taliban elements.The Mansouri family opens up a new restaurant after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan only to be subsequently targeted by factional Taliban elements.The Mansouri family opens up a new restaurant after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan only to be subsequently targeted by factional Taliban elements.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
111
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  • Director
    • Sonia Nassery Cole
  • Writers
    • Sonia Nassery Cole
    • David Michael O'Neill
  • Stars
    • Haji Gul Aser
    • Sonia Nassery Cole
    • Leo Solomon
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  • Director
    • Sonia Nassery Cole
  • Writers
    • Sonia Nassery Cole
    • David Michael O'Neill
  • Stars
    • Haji Gul Aser
    • Sonia Nassery Cole
    • Leo Solomon
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    • 5User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
    • 37Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 2 nominations

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    Haji Gul Aser
    • Hadar Mansouri
    Sonia Nassery Cole
    Sonia Nassery Cole
    • Farishta Mansouri
    Leo Solomon
    Leo Solomon
    • Akram Zabuli
    • (as Walid Amini)
    Somajia Razaya
    • Belkis Mansouri
    Hosna Tanha
    • Bobo Jan
    Basir Mujaheed
    • Amanullah
    Karim Jaweed
    • Omar Zabuli
    Sadaf Yarmal
    • Satara Mansouri
    Jack Scalia
    Jack Scalia
    • Colonel Williams
    Edoardo Costa
    Edoardo Costa
    • Colonel Tanelli
    Payenda Joyenda
    • Gul (Old Waiter)
    Asadullah Salehi
    • Officer Raheem
    Adeda Frotan
    • Parween
    Shafi Sahel
    • Old Afghan Poet
    Masi Norry
    • Farouk
    Amir Hosein
    • La La Mansouri
    Rahim Sayedi
    • Suleiman Mansouri
    Farouq Barak
    • Talib Tariki
    • Director
      • Sonia Nassery Cole
    • Writers
      • Sonia Nassery Cole
      • David Michael O'Neill
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      Much of the exterior footage in the film is stock footage inserted during post-production.

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    1/10
    Just another ego trip.
    I should have heeded my own red-flag warning and not wasted my time on this movie. What's the red flag? The star of the movie is also the writer and the director. The end result of such a troika is usually little more than blatant ego gratification, and this movie doesn't fail to fulfill that goal.

    In addition to the glorification of the main character, seemingly unrelated characters and scenes pop in and out, with little or no background or transition. Maybe it all would have been united into a cohesive story by the time it painfully dragged itself to a conclusion, but I shut it down after 90 minutes and never had the benefit of whatever that conclusion might have been. And couldn't care less, BTW.

    It's unfortunate that IMDb doesn't have a way to require reviewers to disclose their financial association with the film that they are reviewing. If such disclosures were possible, it's likely that many 10-star reviewers would be flagged as shills. And that includes the 10-star reviewers of The Black Tulip.
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    • Release date
      • October 26, 2012 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Afghanistan
      • United States
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    • Languages
      • Dari
      • English
      • Pashtu
    • Filming locations
      • Helmand Province, Afghanistan
    • Production company
      • Breadwinner Productions
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      • $5,300,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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