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Completed - ARABIC - Drama - 79 minutes

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Mohanad HAYAL
Writer(s) : Mohanad HAYAL, Hala AL SALMAN
Cast : Ali THAMER, Yumna MARWAN

Producer(s) : Ali RAHEEM, Hala ALSALMAN

Synopsis

Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is
dropped off there by taxi on his way to his beloved Suad’s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam, an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above.
Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation

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Country(ies) : IRAQ

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Festivals and Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2019 (Best Film Award)
Cairo IFF 2019 (Best Film Award)
Carthage Film Festival 2019


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