Synopsis
Iraqi Kurdistan, in 1991. A few months after the First Gulf War, two humanitarian workers defy the curfew to save the son of their interpreter, hurt by an mine. In one night, lives are broken, the secrets are revealed, knots come loose. In a destroyed country, at the end of a dusty track, all have to meet their fate.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Difference Films
- Foreign production company : Né à Beyrouth Films
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producers : Francis Doré, Jean-Philippe Bernard
- Screenwriters : Hervé Jakubowicz, Jean-Philippe Bernard, Marc Robert, Dany Héricourt
- Director of Photography : Jean-Paul Seaulieu
- Music Composer : Vincent Courtois
- Editor : Anita Roth
- Sound Recordist : Jean Umansky
- Costume designer : Bshara Atallah
- Foreign Producer : Pierre Sarraf
- Production Manager : Karim Makhlouf
- Sound editors : Jean Umansky, Rémi Durel
- Continuity supervisor : Noor Tayeh
- Production Designer : Petra Abousleiman
- Special Effects : Jean-Michel Tari
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Freedom, Identity, Conflict, War, Politics
- Production language : French, English, Kurdish
- Coproducer countries : France, Lebanon
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Lebanon)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 30 min 30 seconds
- Visa number : 126.719
- Visa issue date : 27/07/2010
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.77
- Audio format : Dolby
- Rating restrictions : None
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