Synopsis
Iraq, Winter 1988.
Daoud, a young man from Bagdad, is drafted in the war against Iran. Sent to the front line, he is assigned a gruesome task at the morgue : sorting the new arrivals of dead bodies and organizing their transport to their final resting place – either the family home for the “Martyrs” or a burning mass grave in the desert for the “Traitors”.
Amongst the dishonored corpses, a man – Ali – is still breathing. When Daoud finds the farewell letter Ali wrote to his beloved daughter, he decides to save the man from this hell and to reunite him with his family. He deserts the army and embarks on a dangerous journey to bring his new friend home.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Alcatraz Films
- Foreign production company : OAK Motion Pictures
- Film exports/foreign sales : Elle Driver
- French distribution : Wild Bunch Distribution
Full credits (3)
- Executive Producer : Olivier Théry-Lapiney
- Adaptation : Antoine Le Bos, Koutaiba Al-Janabi
- Screenwriter : Koutaiba Al-Janabi
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, War
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : Iraq, France, The Netherlands
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2018
- French release :
- Current status :
- Approval :
- Color type : Color
