Director: Amer
Alwan
Cast: Sami
Kaftan, Shadha Salim
The first film from Iraq in 15 years! “Zaman” is a sweet
and sad story about love and devotion, hope and fear. Zaman (Sami Kaftan),
and his wife, Najma (Shatha Salim), have built their happy life together
in their house of reeds and, though childless, adopted a boy, Yacine
(Hussein Imad), orphaned by the 1991 Gulf War. They have lived a quiet,
contented existence until Najma falls ill. The local doctor tells them
she needs surgery or some special medicine he does not have. And so Zaman
sets off in his small boat and journeys up the Tigris to Baghdad in search
of the precious cure. Thus begins the journey of salvation and discovery
for “Zaman, the Man from the Reeds.”
THE
FIRST FILM FROM IRAQ IN 15 YEARS!
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Drama
NR / 2003 / 76 minutes
Language: Arabic
Subtitles: English
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