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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.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By D. Fisher
Format:DVD
I found this film interesting because I was one of Saddam's "Human Shields" in 1990. When Kuwait was invaded, my wife and I were taken to NE Iraq, the Kurdish area near the border with Iran and held on a Dam for 5 months. The film shows the suffering of ordinary Kurdish people and how their faith sustains them. I share their conclusion that forgiveness is the only way to move forward.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By A. Godden
Format:DVD
One of the best films ever made, in my opinion.
The most incredible acting, you won't see finer.
Every department involved is superb. Photography, script, music editing. Never puts a step wrong.
Warm, humane, sensitive, heartfelt.
I just had to sit quietly after the viewing it was so moving.
A film to treasure. One everyone, old and young, should see.
And my heart goes out to the reviewer before me.
He understands, he lived through it.
The most incredible acting, you won't see finer.
Every department involved is superb. Photography, script, music editing. Never puts a step wrong.
Warm, humane, sensitive, heartfelt.
I just had to sit quietly after the viewing it was so moving.
A film to treasure. One everyone, old and young, should see.
And my heart goes out to the reviewer before me.
He understands, he lived through it.
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Thanks to the larger-than-life, breath-taking, real backdrop of the then on-going invasion war, the sombre digging up of the massgraves and so on, the director, Al-Daradji, brough out all that needs to brought into a film: the so-what, the nuances, originality, human factor, beauty to the eye of the beholder, and the film artistry overall. The Baghdad bus-stop scene is well excuted, something difficult especially with child-actors. This is certainly a compelling collector's movie.
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