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Son of Babylon
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Son of Babylon

May 1, 2009
1h 40m
★ 7.3

Overview

A willful young boy follows his just and obstinate grandmother on a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.

Genres

Drama
War

Production Companies

UK Film Council
Screen Yorkshire
Rotterdam Media Fund
Fonds Sud Cinéma
Netherlands Fund for Film
CRM-114
Human Film
Human Film NL
Pyramedia
Iraq al-Rafidain
CNC
Sundance Institute

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Cast

Shazada Hussein

Um Ibrahim

Shazada Hussein

Yasser Talib

Ahmed

Yasser Talib

Bashir Al Majid

Musa

Bashir Al Majid

Salih Abdul Rahman Farhad

Mahmoud

Salih Abdul Rahman Farhad

Kefaya Dakhee Kareem

Um Fatima

Kefaya Dakhee Kareem

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