Sacrifices

May 1, 2002

1h 52m

★ 6.6

Overview

As an elderly man on his deathbed looks to give his name to one of his newborn grandsons, he's unable to acknowledge any of them. The three boys grow up with no name in the Syrian mountains, as they struggle to survive in a war-torn country.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

AMIP

ARTE France Cinéma

Ministère de la culture

المؤسسة العامة للسينما

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Cast

Akbar

Rafiq Subaie

Khadra

Maha Saleh

Kubra

Nihal Khateeb

1st boy

Mustafa Sbeih

2nd boy

Muhammad Hamad

3rd boy

Elias Ghannam

Fairouza

Meerna Ghannam

Akhdar

Ali Muhammad

Amal Omran

Karess Bashar

Hala Omran

Bassam Kousa

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