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Northern Iraq, 2003. Two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Ahmed, a 12-year-old boy begrudgingly follows in the shadow of his grandmother.
On hearing news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, she is determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed’s father, who never returned from the Gulf war.
From the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon, they hitch rides from strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims, on all too similar journeys. Struggling to understand his grandmother’s search, Ahmed follows in the forgotten footsteps of a father he never knew.
This journey will lead the boy to come of age.
Original Release
05/01/2009
US Release
01/01/2010
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Shazada Hussein | Um Ibrahim |
Yasser Talib | Ahmed |
Bashir Al Majid | Musa |
Salih Abdul Rahman Farhad | Mahmood |
Kefaya Dakhee Kareem | Um Fatima |
Mohammed Hussen Jbara | Qasim |
Haythem Abass | Razak |
Yazy Hassin Hasoon | Woman Snging |
Asmaeel Al-Matri | Sheikh of the Mosque |
Raad Azoeer | Baghdad Bus Driver |
Directors
Writers
Mohamed Al Daradji, Mithal Ghazi, Jennifer Norridge
Cast
Name | Character |
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Shazada Hussein | Um Ibrahim |
Yasser Talib | Ahmed |
Bashir Al Majid | Musa |
Salih Abdul Rahman Farhad | Mahmood |
Kefaya Dakhee Kareem | Um Fatima |
Mohammed Hussen Jbara | Qasim |
Haythem Abass | Razak |
Yazy Hassin Hasoon | Woman Snging |
Asmaeel Al-Matri | Sheikh of the Mosque |
Raad Azoeer | Baghdad Bus Driver |
Sayyed Hassin Al-Mosawi | Baghdad Bus Driver Assistant |
Lateef Maouat Al-Asadi | Baghdad Coach Station Man #1 |
Raheem Radi | Baghdad Coach Station Man #2 |
Shwala Atia | Baghdad Coach Station Woman #1 |
Najat Mansour | Baghdad Coach Station Woman #2 |
Najeer Jree | Nasiriyah Prison Official |
Hussein Nahi | Nasiriyah Prison Assistant #1 |
Ali Mhaoush | Nasiriyah Prison Assistant #2 |
Tiswahin Abdul Kadum | Nasiriyah Prison Mourning Woman #1 |
Road Jabir | Nasiriyah Prison Mourning Woman #2 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Antonia Bird | Executive Producer |
Emma Clarke | Executive Producer |
Pippa Cross | Executive Producer |
Hugo Heppell | Executive Producer |
Nashwa Al Ruwaini | Executive Producer |
Mohamed Al Daradji | Producer |
Atia Jbara Al-Darraji | Producer |
Bader Ben Hirsi | Producer |
Dimitri de Clercq | Producer |
Danny Evans | Producer |
Simon Glass | Producer |
Rashid Masharawi | Producer |
Isabelle Stead | Producer |