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THE BATTLE OF MOSUL (LA BATAILLE DE MOSSOUL)
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Completed - FRENCH, ARABIC - Documentary - 55 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2017 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Bernard- Henri LEVY
Producer(s) : François MARGOLIN

Synopsis

In October of 2016 the battle for Mosul, the Islamic State's self-proclaimed capital in northern Iraq, began.
With unprecedented access, Bernard-Henri Lévy and his team follow the Kurdish units and the Iraqi special Golden Division.
From street to street, they fight together to regain this city of two million inhabitants.
Though successful, the hopes of the Kurdish fighters might not always align with those of their allies

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

Festivals and Awards

DocCorner 2017
CPH:DOX 2017


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