Son of Babylon

Son of Babylon

7.3IMDb Score
Released:2009-05-01
Genre:Drama,War
Duration:100 min
Director:Mohamed Al Daradji
Actors:Shazada Hussein, Yasser Talib, Bashir Al Majid, Salih Abdul Rahman Farhad, Kefaya Dakhee Kareem
Production:UK Film Council, Screen Yorkshire, Rotterdam Media Fund, Fonds Sud Cinéma, Netherlands Fund for Film, CRM-114, Human Film, Human Film NL, Pyramedia, Iraq al-Rafidain, CNC, Sundance Institute

Overview:

A willful young boy follows his just and obstinate grandmother on a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.

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