IRAQI ODYSSEY
by Samir
synopsis
Bombs, war, angry bearded men, shrouded sobbing women, shattered cities: Iraq, as seen through the eyes of the western media these days. These images are juxtaposed with those from the fifties and seventies: films with frivolous music, unveiled women who study; elegantly dressed men in Bagdad, a modern city. How did it come to this? Film director Samir tells the story of his globalised middle-class Iraqi family, scattered between Auckland, Moscow, Paris, London and Buffalo, New York.
international title: | Iraqi Odyssey |
original title: | Iraqi Odyssey |
country: | Switzerland, Germany, Australia |
sales agent: | Autlook Filmsales GmbH |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Samir |
film run: | 163' |
screenplay: | Samir |
cinematography by: | Pierre Mennel, Lukas Strebel, Yuri Burak, John Kelleran, Kirill Gerra, Samir |
film editing: | Sophie Brunner, Ali Al Fatlawi, Wathiq Al Ameri, Kathrin Plüss |
music: | Maciej Sledziecki |
producer: | Joël Jent |
co-producer: | Herbert Schwering, Furat al Jamil, Urs Augstburger, Jutta Krug |
production: | Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Coin Film GmbH, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk, SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen |
backing: | Sanad Fund |
distributor: | Look Now! |