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The Agony of People

2007
Directed byJamil Rostami
1h 41m

Sulaymaniah, Iraqi Kurdistan, in the 1940s. When his wife Kaleh goes into labor, her husband Jwamer runs to get the midwife. By ill luck, he runs into the middle of a political demonstration and is seriously wounded and arrested by mistake as the ringleader. After a rigged trial, Jwamer is sentenced to ten years in prison. He serves his sentence and, as soon as he is set free, goes in search of his wife and child.

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Nzar SalamiJwanmerAbdul Hama JwanGovernment Agent
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Aso Omar Swara
Lawa
Behadin Halabcheie
Renas WriaKale
Zhyan Ibrahim KhayatJwanmer's Mother
Zamwa ZahirRebwar
Abdulla XayatArif
Nawzad Majid
Solav ShaidaTea House Owner
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GENRES
DramaHistory
STATUSReleased
RATING
4.2

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