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    Zaman - The Man from the Reeds

    77'

    2003-11-01

    7.1

    The First Iraqi Film in Over 15 Years!

    Drama

    Overview:

    Zaman is a sweet and sad story about love and devotion, hope and fear. Zaman (Sami Kaftan), and his wife, Najma (Shatha Salim), have built their happy life together in their house of reeds and, though childless, adopted a boy, Yacine (Hussein Imad), orphaned by the 1991 Gulf War. They have lived a quiet, contented existence until Najma falls ill. The local doctor tells them she needs surgery or some special medicine he does not have. And so Zaman sets off in his small boat and journeys up the Tigris to Baghdad in search of the precious cure. Thus begins the journey of salvation and discovery for "Zaman, the Man of the Reeds."

    WritingJoëlle AlauzetDirectingAmer Alwan

    Cast

    1

    Najma

    Shaza Salem

    1

    Om Abbas

    Saadiya Al-Zaydi

    1

    Yasin

    Hussein Imad

    1

    Nizar Al-Samarayi

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. France
      2. Iraq
    • List of languages:
      1. Arabic
    • List of companies:
      1. Les Films du Village
      2. Gilgamesh Productions
      3. ARTE France Cinéma
    • Vote Count: 7
    • Popularity: 0.4072
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Zaman, l'homme des roseaux

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