A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
July 6, 2023
Original Title:
كلشي ماكو
Genres:
Drama | War
Production Companies:
Les Contes Modernes
Lightburst Pictures
Linked Productions
Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion
Oxymoron Films
Production Countries:
France | Germany | Iraq | Kuwait | Qatar | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 GB: 12A
Runtime: 117
In a typically mixed Baghdadi neighbourhood in 2006, a community of ordinary people try to live their everyday lives amidst the threat of unpredictable violence. At the heart of these intersecting stories we find Sara, a single mother and novelist, who regains her will to write after witnessing the forced exile of her Christian neighbour and best friend Sabiha. With the news of Saddam Hussein's sudden execution shortly before the New Year, Sara and her neighbours brace themselves for an uncertain future. Yet, like a miracle, each is able to sustain a fragile sense of hope.
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Director:
Maysoon Pachachi
Director of Photography:
Jonathan Bloom
Editor:
Alexandre Donot
Original Music Composer:
Mario Schneider
Producer:
Talal Al-Muhanna
Patrice Nezan
Laurent Versini
Maysoon Pachachi
Alexander Ris
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