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Baghdad in My Shadow

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Strong-willed architect Amal, introvert poet Taufiq and closeted gay IT specialist Muhanad love meeting up at a little café in central London. They're all Iraqi expats, still caught up in their past and yearning for freedom. Everything changes when Amal's husband, a former informant of Saddam's regime, suddenly shows up in London.... Taufiq, an old failed writer, Amal, a wife in hiding, and Muhanad, a clandestine gay IT-specialist all meet at Abu Nawas, a cozy café and popular hangout for Iraqi exiles in London. Instigated by the preacher of a Salafist mosque, the writer's nephew Nasseer, a fanatic religious youth, attacks his uncle and turns everyone's life upside down.

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Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter 02/04/2020
Cultural politics ignite in a jumpy art house thriller. Go to Full Review KT Mahe For Your Reference Podcast 05/02/2023
4.5/5
A multi faceted offering of straightforward Iraqi storytelling, brilliant use of archival footage and universal themes of faith, women and community. Go to Full Review Carlos Marañón Cinemanía (Spain) 01/05/2022
3/5
Zahraa Ghandour's presence... among a cast of mostly male stories, is the perfect vanishing point to understand the vital haze in which the protagonist lives. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Samir

Director

Waseem Abbas

Muhannad

Zahraa Ghandour

Amal

Haitham Ali

Taufik

Kerry Fox

Maude

Ken Bones

Graham Foster
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Synopsis Strong-willed architect Amal, introvert poet Taufiq and closeted gay IT specialist Muhanad love meeting up at a little café in central London. They're all Iraqi expats, still caught up in their past and yearning for freedom. Everything changes when Amal's husband, a former informant of Saddam's regime, suddenly shows up in London.... Taufiq, an old failed writer, Amal, a wife in hiding, and Muhanad, a clandestine gay IT-specialist all meet at Abu Nawas, a cozy café and popular hangout for Iraqi exiles in London. Instigated by the preacher of a Salafist mosque, the writer's nephew Nasseer, a fanatic religious youth, attacks his uncle and turns everyone's life upside down.
Director
Samir
Producer
Joël Louis Jent
Screenwriter
Furat Al Jamil, Samir, Furat Al Jamil
Production Co
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Coin Film
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 45m