Son of Babylon
Synopsis
April 2003, three weeks after the fall of Saddam. A journey through Iraq, a troubled land where no one knows what lies ahead. On hearing the news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, a curious young 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.
From the mountains of the North to the sands of Babylon, the pair hitch rides with strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims on an all too similar quest. As a grandmother struggles to accept an awful truth, Ahmed retraces the footsteps of a father he never knew. This is a journey that will not only connect them to the past, but will determine their lives forever.
Details
- Year
- 2010
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 90 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Mohamed Al-Daradji
- Producer
- Antonia Bird, Nashwa Alruwaini, Hugo Heppell
- Co-Producer
- Danny Evans, Rashid Masharawi, Bader Ben Hirsi
- Editor
- Glenn Freemantle
- Screenwriter
- Jennifer Norridge, Mohamed Al-Daradji, Mithal Ghazi
- Director of Photography
- Mohamed Al-Daradji, Duraid Al-Munajim
- Sound
- Sound 24, Supervising Sound Editor: Glenn Freemantle
- Music
- Kad Achouri
- Principal Cast
- Yasser Taleeb, Shehzad Hussen Mohammed, Bashir Al-Majid
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 8th January 2010
