Baraka

Mar 1, 2016

0h 23m

★ 6.0

Overview

In the months before the war in Iraq , Abdel and Umayr , two brothers who are very close, will be forced to separate from each other. Months later , with the war in full swing, they will meet again , but neither of them is the same.

Genres

War

Drama

Action

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Cast

Laura

Esther Acebo

Samad Madkouri

Son Khoury

Taha El Mahroug

Abel Serbouti

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