SON OF BABYLON (2010)

Director: Mohamed Al-Daradji
Genre: Drama
Length: 90 mins
Language: Kurdish, Arabic,
(English, French Subtitles)
Format: 35mm, Colour
Countries: UK, IRAQ, FRANCE, PALESTINE, UAE, NETHERLANDS
Sales Agent: Roissy Films (FR)

 

CAST

Ahmed:
Um-Ibrahim:
Musa:

 

Yassir Talib
Shehzad Hussen
Bashir Al-Majid

CREW

Writers:

 

Jennifer Norridge, Mohamed Al-Daradji
Producers:Isabelle Stead, Atia Al-Daradji, Mohamed Al-Daradji, Dimitri de Clercq
Exec Producers:Antonia Bird, Nashwa Al Ruwaini, Hugo Heppell
Dir. of Photography:Mohamed Al-Daradji, Duraid Munajim
Editors:Pascale Chavance, Mohamed Jbara
Status: Completed

SYNOPSIS

Northern Iraq 2003. Saddam Hussein has fallen.

A journey through Iraq, a troubled land where no one knows what lies ahead. On hearing the news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, curious young boy Ahmed and his obstinate grandmother embark set out to uncover the fate of the boy's missing father, one of the many soldiers who never came home.

From the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon, the pair hitch rides with strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims on an all too similar quest. As a grandmother struggles to accept an awful truth, Ahmed retraces the footsteps of a father he never knew. This is a journey that will not only connect them to the past, but will determine their lives forever.
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