Son of Babylon (2009)

★ 7.3 1h 40m 19 votes IMDb
Drama War
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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.

Son of Babylon

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Cast

Director Mohamed Al Daradji
Cast Shazada Hussein, Yasser Talib, Bashir Al Majid, Salih Abdul Rahman Farhad, Kefaya Dakhee Kareem

Audience Reviews

Andres Gomez 7/10 Feb 16, 2016
Really good movie.

Good script, well told and well directed. The cast makes a great performance, both, grandmother and son.

Maybe, the weakest point is an inconclusive ending which, actually, fits perfectly but leaves too many open questions. Fits, because the whole movie is open, from the beginning to the end, since the point is bringing us to the reality of a devastated Iraq and how the population survives under a mountain of pain.

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