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Son of Babylon

ابن بابل

2010

In the chaotic aftermath of Saddam's fall, a stubborn Kurdish grandmother and her young grandson journey across a scarred Iraq searching for the boy's father, missing since the war. A moving road drama about a nation's mass graves and lingering grief.

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Part of 10 Essential Iraqi Films

This film is stop 3 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Iraq. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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