Marooned in Iraq | |
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Directed by | Bahman Ghobadi |
Written by | Bahman Ghobadi |
Produced by | Bahman Ghobadi |
Starring | Shahab Ebrahimi, Faegh Mohamadi, Rojan Hosseini |
Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | Iran |
Language | Kurdish/ Persian |
Marooned in Iraq ( Persian: گمگشتهای در عراق/Gomgashte i dar Aragh, and also known as Songs of My Motherland Persian: آوازهای سرزمین مادریام) is a 2002 Iranian ( Kurdish/ Persian) film written and directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in Iran. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. [1]
Mirza, a famous Kurdish musician, hears that his (ex-)wife, Hanareh, is in trouble. Accompanied by his two sons, he embarks on an adventurous journey across the Iran- Iraq border to find her.