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  • Ahlaam (2005)
    Review preview for Ahlaam

    As gruelling as it is compelling.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Psychiatric patients struggle to keep their sanity in the madness of 'post-liberation' Iraq.
  • Son Of Babylon (2009)
    Review preview for Son Of Babylon

    The road trip device may be a familiar one but it is a choice that broadens the appeal and accessibility of the film and takes it away from more political machinations into the realm of simpler storytelling.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    In the days following the fall of Saddam, a Kurdish grandmother takes her grandson on the search for his father.

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