Scarred Baghdad 2003... confusion, uncertainty and death
engulf the bombed ruins of a Psychiatric Asylum.
Voyeuristically we move between the past and the present of
three Iraqi lives entangled by the chaos of the American
'Shock and Awe' campaign...
'Ahlaam' a bewildered young women, confined to the asylum
after witnessing the violent arrest of her fiancee on their
wedding day... deeply bruised she lives a confined existence
in a state of delusion. Brutally damaged by the hands of the
regime, Ahlaam is left with little hope, only a dream...
Dr. Mehdi, a hard working idealist, exiled to work at the
institution despite his abilities, longs for a free Iraq where
humanity is cherished not brutalised by hatred and fear,
where the human quest for truth and goodness will triumph
over the brutality he witnessed... But will Mehdi's spirit
survive the devastation and his father's political past?
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Ali, a patient and former soldier... once a proudly optimistic
man eager to serve his country, now a shell-shocked
shadow, traumatized by the American bombings. Ali's
fearless insanity of his war zoned nation may be the
hospital's only hope as he roams the terrorised gun ridden
streets for surviving patients.... Ali's patronism may save
others but will it save him?
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