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Sep 30, 2021 · Baghdad in My Shadow: Directed by Samir. With Haitham Abdel-Razzaq, Zahraa Ghandour, Waseem Abbas, Maxim Mehmet. "Abu Nawas" is a trendy café and popular hangout for artists, communists and gay Iraqi exiles in London, it's close to the Salafist Mosque.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Samir
- 2021-09-30
Aug 19, 2019 · Die kleine Gemeinschaft gerät in Gefahr, als Amals Ex-Mann in London auftaucht und zugleich der radikal-islamistische Prediger einer Hinterhofmoschee Nasseer zwingt, gegen die «Gottlosen» im ...
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- Filmcoopi Zürich
Nov 28, 2019 · A wide variety of Iraqis in exile meet at Café Abu Nawas in London, including the architect Amal, the poet Taufiq and the gay IT specialist Muhannad. They all want to finally feel free in London - something that was denied them in their homeland. But adversity threatens...
Feb 3, 2020 · Swiss-based filmmaker Samir returns to the cultural angst of his documentaries 'Forget Baghdad' and 'Iraqi Odyssey' in 'Baghdad in My Shadow,' a fictional thriller about Iraqis living...
Aug 13, 2019 · In Baghdad In My Shadow [+. ], the director’s most recent film which was presented out of competition at the Locarno Film Festival, Samir sets his characters the challenge of contending with the three greatest taboos of Arab society: atheism, adultery - and more specifically, the condition of women - and homosexuality.
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Critics reviews. “Abu Nawas” is a trendy café and popular hangout for artists, communists and gay Iraqi exiles in London, it’s close to the Salafist Mosque. When Nasseer, a fanatic religious youth and nephew of poet Taufiq, attacks his uncle’s friends he sets into action a course of events.