Marooned In Iraq (2002)
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93% of critics liked it
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Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi directed this wartime drama leavened with comedy, which at once examines the Gulf War of the early '90s and offers a prescient perspective on the attitudes and events which (in part) led to the War in Iraq in 2003. It's 1991, and in the wake of the War in the… More Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi directed this wartime drama leavened with comedy, which at once examines the Gulf War of the early '90s and offers a prescient perspective on the attitudes and events which (in part) led to the War in Iraq in 2003. It's 1991, and in the wake of the War in the Persian Gulf, Saddam Hussein's forces are laying waste to villages in Iraq and Kurdistan believed to be harboring rebel forces who were attempting to bring down Hussein's regime with the encouragement, but without the military support, of the United States. In the midst of this chaos, Mirza (Shahab Ebrahimi), an elderly Kurdish singer living in Iran, becomes concerned about the safety of his ex-wife and former singing partner, Hanareh (Iran Ghobadi), who over two decades earlier left him to marry another member of their ensemble and move to Kurdistan. Mirza rounds up his sons, Barat (Faegh Mohamadi) and Audeh (Allah-Morad Rashtian), and together they set out to find Hanareh, constantly bickering along the way. While Mirza and his sons witness firsthand the horrible devastation which has been visited upon Iraq by both U.S. bombs and Hussein's bloody reprisals, they also find moments of beauty and humor along the way, and come to better understand the strength of their people under unimaginable adversity. Marooned in Iraq was screened as part of the "Un Certain Regard" series at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bahman Ghobadi
- Written By
- Bahman Ghobadi
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 25, 2003 Limited
- Studio
- Wellspring
Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
It's a movie that works on many levels, including symbolic and metaphorical.
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, Boston Globe
Impresses with its varied notes and clear understanding of the powerful entertainment value in a road picture spryly maneuvering across heavily mined terrain.
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Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News
It puts a face and name to people and events we hear about nightly on CNN.
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Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Not surprising that it's more tragicomedy than yukfest.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Even though the film's tone grows ever more elegiac, it stubbornly remains a celebration of the Kurdish capacity to endure.
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Cast
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Shahab Ebrahimi
as Mirza
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Faegh Mohammadi
as Barat
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Allah-Morad Rashtian
as Audeh
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Iran Ghobadi
as Hanareh
- Airan Ghobadi
- Faegh Mohamadi
