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The Breadwinner
2017
· Movie
· 94 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #63
- IMDb #105
- Google retired #190
- Rotten Tomatoes #83
- Metacritic #94
- Letterboxd #61
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #87
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #118
- Metacritic Critics #88
- Metacritic Audience #116
- Kinopoisk #128
- AlloCiné #64
- Trakt #114
Every rating
77–95
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is IMDb on 77, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95.
See the most agreed on films →In Taliban-controlled Kabul, an 11-year-old girl's father is unjustly imprisoned. With no male relative to earn money or shop for food, her family faces starvation. Defying the law, she cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy to become the breadwinner for her mother and siblings, embarking on a dangerous journey to provide for her family.
Details
- Director
- Nora Twomey
- Writer
- Anita Doron
- Based on
- The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
- Released
- 17 November 2017
- Country
- Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $2.8M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 23 →8 wins from 23 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2018 | Best Animated Feature | Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2018 | Best Animated Feature | The Breadwinner | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2018 | Best Animated Feature Film | The Breadwinner | Nominee |
| Irish Animation Awards 2019 | Best Irish Feature Film or Special | The Breadwinner | Winner |
| Annie Awards 2018 | Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Saara Chaudry | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2018 | Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Laara Sadiq | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2018 | Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Anita Doron | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2018 | Editorial in an Animated Feature Production | Darragh Byrne | Nominee |
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23 awards — The Breadwinner
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | The Breadwinner | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature Film | The Breadwinner | Nominee |
Canadian Screen Awards
6 nominations, 4 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Anita Doron | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna | Winner |
| Best Original Song | "The Crown Sleeps", Qais Essar and Joshua Hill | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing | Nelson Ferreira, John Elliot, J. R. Fountain, Dashen Naidoo, Tyler Whitham | Winner |
| Best Editing | Darragh Byrne | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Andrew Rosen, Anthony Leo, Paul Young, Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants | Nominee |
Annie Awards
10 nominations, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature — Independent | The Breadwinner | Winner |
| Character Design in an Animated Feature Production | Reza Riahi, Louise Bagnall, Alice Dieudonné | Nominee |
| Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Nora Twomey | Nominee |
| Editorial in an Animated Feature Production | Darragh Byrne | Nominee |
| Music in an Animated Feature Production | Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna | Nominee |
| Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Ciaran Duffy, Julien Regnard, Daby Zainab Faidhi | Nominee |
| Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Julien Regnard | Nominee |
| Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Saara Chaudry | Nominee |
| Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production | Laara Sadiq | Nominee |
| Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Anita Doron | Nominee |
Cinema for Peace Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Cinema for Peace Award for Justice | Nora Twomey | Winner |
Irish Animation Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Irish Feature Film or Special | The Breadwinner | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | The Breadwinner | Winner |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | The Breadwinner | Nominee |