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The Swallows of Kabul (out Aug 20) is an animated feature centered around 4 people living in a Taliban controlled Afghanistan in 1998. It needed a splash more character development (the film is just 80 minutes long) but it's still an affecting piece of cinema with simple, beautiful animation. Grade: B+.