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Zaman - The Man from the Reeds

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Zaman - The Man from the Reeds

"The First Iraqi Film in Over 15 Years!"

2003

1h 17m

6.7(6 votes)

Drama

Overview

Zaman is a sweet and sad story about love and devotion, hope and fear. Zaman (Sami Kaftan), and his wife, Najma (Shatha Salim), have built their happy life together in their house of reeds and, though childless, adopted a boy, Yacine (Hussein Imad), orphaned by the 1991 Gulf War. They have lived a quiet, contented existence until Najma falls ill. The local doctor tells them she needs surgery or some special medicine he does not have. And so Zaman sets off in his small boat and journeys up the Tigris to Baghdad in search of the precious cure. Thus begins the journey of salvation and discovery for "Zaman, the Man of the Reeds."

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ARTE France Cinéma

Cast & Crew

4 members

Acting

Shaza Salem

Najma

Shaza Salem

Acting

Saadiya Al-Zaydi

Om Abbas

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Hussein Imad

Yasin

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Nizar Al-Samarayi

Unknown Role

Nizar Al-Samarayi

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