Son of Babylon
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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Release Date: 5/1/2009
Runtime: 100 minutes
Languages: Arabic, English, Kurdish
Director: Mohamed Al Daradji
00Production
Companies: 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
Countries: Iraq, Egypt, France, Netherlands, Palestinian Territory, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Where to watch · US
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Andres Gomez
Really good movie. Good script, well told and well directed. The cast makes a great performance, both, grandmother and son. Maybe, the weakest point is an inconclusive ending which, actually, fits perfectly but leaves too many open questions. Fits, because the whole movie is open, from the beginning to the end, since the point is bringing us to the reality of a devastated Iraq and how the population survives under a mountain of pain.
