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Said Effendi

Name: Said Effendi
Released: 1956

سعيد أفندي

1956

A humble teacher moving from one lodging to another settles among ordinary neighbors, whose everyday kindnesses and hypocrisies come quietly into view. A pioneering classic of Iraqi cinema.

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Part of 10 Essential Iraqi Films

This film is stop 2 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Iraq. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Iraq in the 196 country film challenge.