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Trailer
The Agony of a People
4.2
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1h 41m
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2007
Overview
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.
Cast
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Nzar Salami
Jwanmer
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Abdul Hama Jwan
Government Agent
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Aso Omar Swara
Lawa
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Behadin Halabcheie
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Renas Wria
Kale
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Zhyan Ibrahim Khayat
Jwanmer's Mother
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Zamwa Zahir
Rebwar
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Abdulla Xayat
Arif
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Nawzad Majid
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Solav Shaida
Tea House Owner
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