The Breadwinner (2017) Poster

Ali Badshah: Nurullah, Talib Security Man

Quotes 

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Nurullah : [First Lines. The same lines are repeated later on in the film by Parvana when she is in the market on her own] 

    Nurullah : Anything written, anything read! Pashto and Dari. Beautiful items for sale.

See also

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