Details
In a typically mixed Baghdadi neighbourhood in 2006, a community of ordinary people try to live their everyday lives amidst the threat of unpredictable violence. At the heart of these intersecting stories we find Sara, a single mother and novelist, who regains her will to write after witnessing the forced exile of her Christian neighbour and best friend Sabiha. With the news of Saddam Hussein's sudden execution shortly before the New Year, Sara and her neighbours brace themselves for an uncertain future. Yet, like a miracle, each is able to sustain a fragile sense of hope.
Accolades
Trivia
The film is the first international co-production of a feature written and directed by women of Iraqi origin. It was written by Pachachi in collaboration with co-writer Irada Al-Jubori.
Critics
...'captivates its audience with its honesty and daring content'
Kais Kassem - The New Arab (Arabic)
Meet the Cast
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.png&w=1200&q=75 "Zainab Joda")
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.png&w=1200&q=75 "Basim Hajar")
.png&w=1200&q=75 "Zaydun Khalaf")
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Directors
Director's Statement
This film is a small step toward bringing women back into history and into film art as active actors and not passive ‘things’.
