Son of Babylon ( O gios tis vavylonas )

Son of Babylon (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: O gios tis vavylonas
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
British Independent Film Awards
Sundance Film Festival

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min + 40 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Egypt ( Africa, Middle East )
France ( France, Benelux )
Iraq ( Africa, Middle East )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
United Arab Emirates ( Africa, Middle East )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Mohamed Al Daradji

Written By:
Mohamed Al Daradji
Jennifer Norridge

Actors:
Shazada Hussein ..... Um Ibrahim
Yasser Talib ..... Ahmed
Bashir Al Majid ..... Musa

Synopsis:

Northern Iraq, 2003. Two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Ahmed, a 12-year-old boy begrudgingly follows in the shadow of his grandmother. On hearing news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, she is determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from the Gulf war. From the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon, they hitch rides from strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims, on all too similar journeys. Struggling to understand his grandmother's search, Ahmed follows in the forgotten footsteps of a father he never knew. This journey will lead the boy to come of age.

April 2003, three weeks after Saddam Husseiun's fall from power in Iraq. Upon hearing the news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, a curious young Kudish boy Ahmed and his obstinate grandmother set out to uncover the fate of the boy's missing father, one of the many soldiers who never came home since the gulf war 1991.

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

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 07 June, 2011.

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