Pg directed by emad ali, kahlid alzraou this screening presents two illuminating documentaries charting the countrys literary and cinematic heritage, and the lives of its ordinary citizens. Brandon demchak, 31, is an iraq war veteran who was born and raised on the central coast. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. This 2007 documentarystyle indie film is based on the haditha massacre in 2005, when 24 unarmed iraqi men, women and children were killed. Bahman ghobadi was born in 1969 in baneh, in the province of iranian kurdistan, near the iranirak border. Also back in 2010, while the fear of major attacks existed, there had been several years without them at least in europe. And for years we didnt have a movie theatre or a film school or kurdish films. Live and spent fire litter the untitled iraq 2009 on vimeo.
There journey to find mirza wife from many years past, is one of transformation and discovery for the three men. We are many, directed by amir amirani, explores the legacy of the global antiwar demonstrations of 15 february 2003, an event that saw an estimated million. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing marooned in iraq near you. Find out where out of iraq is streaming, if out of iraq is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Bullet scored paraphernalia lie scattered in the dangerous wastes of central iraq, evoking sculpture by giacometti, moore, serra. Mirza, the husband, was a famous singer that was well known in iran. They will try to find hanareh, a singer with a magic voice who crossed the border and may now be in danger in the iraqi kurdistan. In the midst of this deadly chaos, mirza, a whitehaired, old kurdish singer, enlists his two musician sons to help him locate his exwife, whom he still loves. With humor and pathos, marooned in iraq shows the devastation that saddam hussein visited upon the kurds in iraq. Iraqi sniper film currently in development screen rant.
Make your movie list and get blurays and dvds conveniently delivered to you with free shipping both ways. Everyone that is, except lynn woolsey and 78 other democrats, who voted against gen petraeus and our brave men and women in iraq. His has completed a new documentary about some musicians living. Rent marooned in iraq 2002 starring shahab ebrahimi and iran ghobadi on dvd and bluray. Set on the iran iraq border in the early 1990s, this film dramatizes the plight of the kurdish people. Marooned in iraq gomgashtei dar aragh directed by bahman ghobadi the adventures of an elderly kurdish musician and his two grown sons on a mission of mercy in iraq s danger zones and refugee camps. Official trailer for mosul, a theatrical documentary about the iraqi special forces fighting to liberate a city controlled by isis. Kurdish filmmaker details anfal atrocities kurdish cinema. Cast and crew credits for marooned in iraq, 2002, directed by bahman ghobadi, with shahab ebrahimi, allahmorad rashtian, faegh mohammadi, at turner classic movies.
Events in his second movie, marooned in iraq, are even more heartrending. The kurdish filmmaker bahman ghobadi made an impressive feature debut with the tragic tale of child smugglers a time for drunken horses. Its 1991, and in the wake of the war in the persian gulf, saddam husseins forces are laying waste to villages in iraq and kurdistan believed to be. Gilda boffa completed a bachelors in communication studies and a masters in film. Marooned in iraq critics consensus a delicate yet potent blend of tragedy and comedy, marooned in iraq puts human faces on a brutal war and finds beauty in horror along the way. Iranian filmmaker bahman ghobadi directed this wartime drama leavened with comedy, which at once examines the gulf war of the early 90s and offers a prescient perspective on the attitudes and events which in part led to the war in iraq in 2003. Marooned in iraq is a simple and beautiful film with its understated but clear message.
The generalizations and speculations of the television anchors and commentators fade away in the face of a film like bahman ghobadis marooned in iraq, a. With shahab ebrahimi, faegh mohamadi, allahmorad rashtian, rojan hosseini. Upon hearing that his estranged wife and former band mate has gotten into trouble in iraq, mirza, a famous iraniankurd musician, rushes to her aid across the border accompanied by his loyal but. Something has happened and she has sent for mirza to help. One of the major issues mirza and his two sons are obviously facing are there relations with women. The story of a wellknown iranian kurdish singer mirza, and his two sons, called marooned in iraq, can be interpreted in many ways. During the war between iran and iraq, iranian kurd musicians look for a singer who may be lost in enemy territory. Since 1998, dvd netflix has been the premier dvdbymail rental service. Desertwar movie to tell the story of an unambiguous victory by alan. Completed in 2006, half moon marked the first time ghobadi fell. Family, laughter, music and unlikely endings, marooned in iraq is a fill that. Though the film proves wearisome at times the monotonous pitch of the. Ghobadi has found a way to use the quest of one man to show all the problems in kurdistan.
During the war between iran and iraq, a group of iranian kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. A road movie that snakes across the iraniraq border, against the flow of refugees fleeing saddam, marooned in iraq ventures further into the heart of darkness as it goes along, but not before making pitstops in camps and villages where the mood is lightened by song and camaraderie. During the war between iran and iraq, a group of iranian kurd musicians set off on an almost. Marooned in iraq on dvd october 7, 2003 starring shahab ebrahimi, iran ghobadi, faegh mohamadi, allahmorad rashtian. Demchak is working on a short film he hopes will help show the veteran experience. Illuminates postwar iraq in three acts, building a picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity. Following the lead of the us senate, members of the house of representatives voted to condemn the treasonous general betrayus ad by in the new york times.
The films present intimate portraits of a rich cultural. Linda bilmes talked about her report on the cost of the iraq and afghanistan wars. The british comedy film four lions about a band of incompetent jihadists who plot to bomb the london marathon becomes far harsher in light of the boston marathon bombings in 20. The iranian movie, marooned in iraq, is all about a husband who searches out his wife who is in trouble, but he has not seen her in 23 years. Everything you need to know about marooned in iraq movie. Marooned in iraq is a 2002 iranian kurdishpersian film directed by bahman ghobadi and produced in iran. Rent marooned in iraq 2002 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
In the report she concluded that both conflicts would be the most expensive wars in u. Media in category film directors from iraq the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Straight from a modern soap opera, she left mirza for hist best friend and broke up their band in the process. Marooned in iraq dvd in the wake of the persian gulf war, an elderly kurdish singer becomes concerned about the safety of his former wife and sets out with his two sons to find her, regardless of the fact that she left him two decades prior for another man.
Marooned in iraq is similarly drunk on the horrors that war leaves behind. Hahareh iran ghobadi is actually played by the mother of the director. His 2002 film, songs of my motherland known as marooned in iraq outside. Marooned in iraq 2003 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. In baghdad, where 15 to 30 bodies show up on the streets each day, smith is with u. With this vote, lynn woolsey has proven once again not just how unpatriotic she is, but how. These are a time for drunken horses, marooned in iraq songs of my. The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in iraq ordered by relevance.
It seems odd that a prowar film about the iraq war would resonate with a wide. If you like marooned in iraq you are looking for sincere, serious and sentimental movies about with military, treasure hunt, orphan, self discovery, musicians life, military life and escapades themes of drama and war genre shot in iran. The film is slowmoving, but the move is steady and skillful, with the visual flair of the director. As in his previous films, this kurdish director is again focusing on the. Set during the final days of the war between iran and iraq, this is the story of an elderly iranian kurd musician who ventures off with his. Shortly after graduating from the national audiovisual school, he made his first short. Set in the aftermath of the gulf war, when saddam hussein was taking out his defeat on iraqs kurdish population by bombing and gassing. Marooned in iraq is a story about a kurdish father named mirza and his two sons living in iran who embark on a quest to find mirzas former wife who is the one marooned in iraq. Marooned in iraq 2003 during the war between iran and iraq, iranian kurd musicians look for a singer who may be lost in enemy territory. The film begins with a dramatic example of the escalating sectarian strife facing iraqi police and soldiers. Clint eastwoods 2014 film american sniper told the story of navy seal sniper chris kyle bradley cooper, who became a hero for racking up an astonishing number of kills while serving in iraq, but struggled to readjust to real life after returning home to his family. The war with iran is over and saddams air force is now engaged in exterminating the kurdish population.
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