What would Baba do

Truck scene from The Kite Runner

[@norseninety-two9233]

Now this is a man amongst males.

[@aliahmad8087]

"A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who won't standup for anything. "

[@aruvys7016]

Actually I also love that line. Truth

[@unbearable9770]

"Have I taught you nothing?" In the final moments of the film Amir finally mans up enough to confront his father-in-law, the General. That is my favorite scene. The look his wife gives him is beautifully rendered.

[@LimeDoesTotalDrama]

This scene is my personal favorite of this movie and this shows why Baba is my favorite character in this movie. He is a very honorable man. He was willing to die for strangers so the woman wouldnt get raped by that soldier. I dread how this scene might've gone down had Baba not been here. I honestly respect people like him and wish there were more people like Baba in this world

[@BOOSETO]

In the book. It is so much more intense

[@Adventure_fuel]

this is movie. in physical world. rapeand beheading is possible of males aswell.meand you there is still time.

[@gaunterodimm8120]

Yes and this showed what a decent man he was...he was a true man...he must've been seduced by sanaubar...(she was very beautiful anyways) otherwise he would not do such a dirty act of forcing her...and even for that he was ashamed of himself...what a character

[@randellorton4643]

@@gaunterodimm8120 Listen here master mirror do you not remember how he left his best friend Alis head down in shame after he had set with his wife and made him take care of the child

[@Caperhere]

@@randellorton4643 Baba is a flawed character. All characters have flaws, as do all people.

[@yammiihabibi9391]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is what you call a true Man, Dad, and a Father!

[@mohammadfarooqi6255]

True patriotic afghan

[@shafiaabdulrazaq766]

@@mohammadfarooqi6255 wouldnt say he was a ' good father'

[@loner1878]

Aren't the last two redundant?

[@manjumohanty8794]

A lot of people are not noticing but this is the clear difference between Baba and Amir, Baba stepped down to save a stranger, but Amir didn't even saved his own best friend.

[@divyasingh4505]

He was a child and got scared 😔

[@rustomkanishka]

You can't raise a brave and honourable young man without setting an example. Baba was walking to take a bullet, Amir went toe to toe with his old enemy and Taliban commander. While the child Amir may have been a coward, the adult who saved that boy, definitely was someone whom baba would be proud of.

[@yoursfavourite7204]

But baba doesnt have any braveness to give his own child hassan a better life like amir.

[@rustomkanishka]

Amir had to learn to become a man. It took time. He did.

[@Onigirli]

There's no difference... Amir has his own experiences and his own timing. How dare you compare him unfavorably to a man who fostered an illegitimate child and kept it a secret, betraying his manservant?

[@juanitat10]

I love this scene, love Baba, stand up for what is right and fuck the consequences.

[@45ginola]

He also fucked his servant and friend’s wife sooooooo

[@rustomkanishka]

​@fjbbiden9352still is.

[@globalresearch4180]

Though rare, people like Baba do exist! They will risk their own life to save someone else's.

[@rickkirby4518]

This man deserved an Academy Award for his superb portrayal. Baba was wonderful thought the entire first part of the movie. His character was of the best.

[@WQuantrill]

What I love about his character is how noble he seems, like a just liege lord. Even in humble circumstances, when is a clerk at a petrol station, he exudes nobility.

[@gaunterodimm8120]

The russian soldier head was supposed to say that he was ashamed of his boys' act that during war time it's his duty to make sure that they don't go astray

[@nutellalatte7522]

yes yes yes Amir is suppose to be 18 during this scene, but come on, how adorable is tiny Amir??😊

[@cezarregala8403]

Nutella Latte Amir up to that point in the book was a piece of shit. No matter how “cute” he may be, what he did up to then, the person he was disgusted me.

[@cosmic7639]

@@cezarregala8403 dude he was 13, if you where 13 and you saw someone getting raped what would you do? He was a scared little kid, it’s not really his fault. He just faced the guilt

[@cezarregala8403]

@@cosmic7639 faced the guilt my ass. He straight up avoided and then framed Hassan for stealing, literally leading to them never seeing each other again.

[@nicholasmeinhart5993]

@@cezarregala8403 He was a kid, I wouldn't expect an adult to make perfect decisions, much less a kid.

[@ww2200]

Still, the framing part was totally unnecessary. It just shows how Amir was as a person.

[@ASIAinsomniac]

I love Baba

[@PersonWConscience]

Do you know that Ba Ba means father?

[@ehsOFspades]

What good are we if we don't know how to protect ? Every Afghan father.

[@aamadoafpb]

I'm glad that soviet soldier never got to have his way with the poor woman. I hope the superiors reason for intervening was they heard everything he said and court martialed him.

[@kadenfrasert4969]

aamadoafpb in the book it says " I'm sorry my komrade has been on drugs I'm helping him take off it"

[@baishalidas1975]

@@kadenfrasert4969 i think it said like russia sends them here to fight but at the end of the day they are all just young boys.

[@rampageclover9788]

A real superior would have brought him into a back alley and shot both his feet off

[@idonotwastenames]

Wasn't Amir suppose to be like 18 years old in this scene?

[@LauraMedina-og7wl]

Yes, he was, but they changed it in the movie.

[@cosmic7639]

@Ruzgar Atasagun he never got shot in the book

[@piyushjain4882]

@@cosmic7639 no he was not shot,I am reading this book.Read this part last night

[@cosmic7639]

@@piyushjain4882 thank you, he never got shot through the book

[@seandavila835]

@@cosmic7639 Right. I believe the Soviet soldier shoots into the air when his commanding officer arrives.

[@Parasmani2208]

For me Amir's father is trying to redeem himself by saving that women. Cheating on your spouse or being an extra-marital lover of someone is the worst legal things you can do in life.

[@joncook7510]

That was never in the book. What are you talking about?

[@svmeya7287]

@@joncook7510 yep it is. Reread it. Hassan is amir's half brother. They share the same father and amir's dad slept with Hassan's wife around the time amir's mom died. Rlly fucked up ik

[@joncook7510]

@@svmeya7287 oh my God you're right! I must've forgotten that part od the book. I actually dislike Baba's character because of that now. I always thought of him as a tough chaste man but now I see that he wasn't.

[@gracezaky1192]

exactly, and the parallelism with amir is nothing short of incredible

[@tierefuerimmer9635]

Cheating on your spouse is definitely wrong and that person has every right to want a divorce. But the worst thing to do?? No if you want to find out the worst the things one can do, I'd consider those things to be rape, murdering innocent people in cold blood, events like the Crusades, witch trails, Holocaust. Adultery is definitely wrong but it's nowhere even to those other things mentioned above.

[@ANIBARUS2023]

IT'S A VERY GOOD MEMORABLE SCENE,, BABA IS BRAVE FACING THAT RUSSIAN SOLDIER..

[@PersonWConscience]

Do you know that Ba Ba means father?

[@s.h1434]

+PersonWConscience yep baba means father in Farsi and pashtoon language!

[@ANIBARUS2023]

thanks

[@sarahalotaibi1230]

S.H even in Arabic and Turkish we use baba!

[@baffled_hawk]

Weren't they Germans?

[@placetobelong]

One of the best movie scenes of all time.

[@shorouqtahraoui]

Movie name pleaseeee

[@ultravyletrock]

@@shorouqtahraoui The Kite Runner

[@Mandingo_Warrior]

When I read this, I was literally getting emotional because of the thought of his bravery

[@Dpathak546]

the scene was much more appealing in the text... didn't get that feel in my blood...

[@alwaysaastha]

Yepppp

[@LearnArabicwithTahir]

My favorite scene when I was reading the novel. It is well-written and full of emotions.

[@alimo606]

Definition of a beautiful soul, truly cares about his fellow man.

[@sbarua219]

Wow. What a powerful scene. Baba is whom I strive to be!

[@feyenoordrotterdam2589]

If I will ever learn Farsi 1:33 will be my first sentence...what a hero!

[@wuwangjingunderground4001]

I thought he was speaking pashto?

[@nakzum]

@@wuwangjingunderground4001 no but does he in the book?

[@wuwangjingunderground4001]

@@nakzum idk i just assumed they spoke pashto since they were from kabul.

[@nakzum]

@@wuwangjingunderground4001 in kabul people speak both languages

[@user-zi7kd5ee2c]

He's saying: Begooyash Be Kheyrash khahad bood agar mara dar goloole avval khatm kona. Tell Him It'll be good for him If Me In the first shot(Bullet) He finishes

[@johnpaulandaquig691]

the extra playing the unnamed father acted excellently in this scene. very raw emotions. but in the book, he is the one holding the baby, not the young wife. thus, it makes better sense for the drug-sadistic Russian soldier to choose the woman coz she's not holding any baby

[@HeavyOrdnance]

"Have I taught you nothing?"

[@alton31ellis]

For me this was the best scene in the film.

[@alkaline1601]

The Perfection of humankind.

[@samw7998]

Common Baba W

[@nerthus4685]

Thanks for posting this memorable scene.

[@siphepheloful]

Tears to my eyes.

[@AK-et3xb]

Every time.

[@Maddawg31415]

The soviets beat the living crap out of Afghanistan. I don't condone the violence that the taliban conducts, but man people in the Middle East have really been through a lot.

[@Anvilforever]

@123456789 the taliban were one of the factions the US supported to fight the USSR. Bin Laden was being paid by the CIA.

[@nirbhaytyagi4268]

janab, the people of middle east are paying for the sins commited by their race in meideval era.

[@fckeu88]

@@Anvilforever and israel.

[@Lt.Dan_23]

bare emotional this film man

[@emi_milk]

Such a hero 😍

[@user-bq6jd7xq3g]

The translator is a whole mood 😂

[@TheFootyVault563]

very touching movie and book

[@faisalrizvi2876]

Baba is badass...

[@ashwingupta8252]

No offence but the makers need to apologise mr hosseini for the stark injustice they've done to his book....

[@Meandmydudeofficial]

Soo truee

[@kenmcrifle2182]

Agreed. Perhaps it will be remade in the future.

[@hhhhngg]

well, a movie isint like a book, and many things have to be cut and adapted so that it fits the form. And Hosseini himself directed the movie, so all changes made in consideration must have been okayed by him.

[@wildfire9280]

@@hhhhngg oh no, not the LOTR excuse...

[@bryce3851]

A man to ready to die for a stranger too much respect there...

[@girishkashyap5285]

A movie can never capture the true essense of the words that makes it great. I recommend everyone to read the book once atleast.

[@ihabs2150]

It is the best story ever

[@Elephant_King_Gj]

This could well be my favorite scene in an excellent movie. In the bar scene Baba's "Fuck the Russia" has currently risen in rank.

[@milfsonly7839]

Oh man when the baby cried I thought it was the woman crying

[@kawayo9]

All 3 cried

[@akhodagu]

Great scene, but it didn’t do the book Justice. For example, after Baba says “war doesn’t negate decency”, he was supposed to say something to the tune of “it demands it, more-so than in times of peace”.

[@kabyashreedas3839]

War doesn't negate decency....

[@LeviJensen-rk6pt]

Ill those with Orchads still in Lebanon we hear.

[@shan9usfc]

Very accurate up to this day.

[@realiti773]

I just read the book, which is more intense & riveting. I imagine Baba look like Netflix's Pablo Escobar 😂😂

[@zahra7756]

Movie is nothing as compared to book.

[@mohdjnaid4138]

Every man have to do this in like situation....

[@divyasingh4505]

Baba rocks !!

[@uncle1670]

Even though this is a movie I get sick when I watch this scene.

[@navpreetsingh7180]

Afghan Pathan are very innocent and helpful they never forget good deeds

[@ramazannfs5058]

navpreet Singh 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@forumbox9483]

navpreet Singh he's not a pashtun

[@robsonjosedasilva1277]

Here is a true man.

[@gaunterodimm8120]

Whoever acted as baba did a great great acting....but if any day they feel like making an actu English Version of the movie they must pick Joaquin phoenix as baba...he fits the Physical attributes very well(not saying the one in this film doesn't) jist that i would like to see phoenix if there was an English remake and i believe there will be...one day and i shall be waiting

[@seandavila835]

The filmmakers wanted the dialogue to be in Persian, because that’s what they would’ve spoken were this in real life. The actor who played Baba is Iranian.

[@powerranger3347]

@@seandavila835 yes, he is the same man who played in the “taste of cherry” - one of the top persian movies if youve watched it

[@CiceroXVX]

@@powerranger3347 Taste of Cherry is an excellent movie and Homayoun Ershadi's portrayal of "Baba" was perfect, he's a very talented actor.

[@shahzodakamilova4907]

They skipped that part when that general started to apologize with a harsh accent

[@najeebkizhissery5985]

Just before I have read this portion in the book...but it seems that Amir is 18 year old in the book but this scene seems the younger guy

[@jerseyavila465]

I really want world peace

[@sigabra3274]

thats the idea

[@gathenhielm9977]

Every man who watches this: be like him.

[@raphayelrazon3075]

Didnt know Lukashenko was a Soviet general

[@zXBananaGamingXz]

Baba alpha as fuck

[@rampageclover9788]

I think he would have taken him down with him...

[@joeshmoe4276]

Baba da boss

[@noble3017]

What soldier says in unsubtitled parts?

[@armandodelaiglesias7901]

necip kars не понимаешь русский язык?

[@nahidthelezend6330]

Amir's father's role... would do more stronger character

[@user-fe8xe5kp6e]

Hi German soilder🏷️

[@adamtajyar]

Great scene but Homayoun Ershadi was never convincing to ever pass for an Afghan. His Iranian accent is super thick and would never pass as an Afghan who speaks Dari

[@AnisaAnisa-yr6wj]

Definitely the movie destroyed the book...very disappointed

[@AK-et3xb]

It’s often the case. With books your interpretation and imagination set the scenes, colours, smells pictures. With films it’s all done with the makers choice.

[@user-fe8xe5kp6e]

🎤🎫

[@el_chico1313]

i see russian army culture hasnt changed much

[@user-fe8xe5kp6e]

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[@jabbarkazymov1907]

😞😞😞😥

[@user-fe8xe5kp6e]

China bravo 🏷️

[@jinjinb528]

Alpha male

[@amiraelmetwally1773]

Honestly I feel like the director butchered this book like where is the drama and horror that are supposed to there in this scene. Also in other scenes as well all the iconic ones are missing all the emotions

[@user-fe8xe5kp6e]

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[@user-dy1vi5vz4x]

Книга и фильм хороши. Но слишком много русофобии. Автор видимо писал по заказу американцев, очерняя мою Россию. Он забыл, что русских позвали сами афганцы, чтобы помочь афганским коммунистам и втянули нас в вашу войну. Что американцы сделали с Афганистаном? Ограбили, уничтожили массу людей и развели коррупцию. Не было такого, чтобы Советская армия кого то насиловали, за это была очень серьёзное наказание.

[@nirbhaytyagi4268]

now, here afghanistan pays for its atrocities on the indian subcontinent.

[@user-fe8xe5kp6e]

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