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  • 2014
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2014
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary A recently orphaned young Kurdish-French woman travels to Kurdistan to find her mother's village, likely destroyed during the Anfal genocide. On her journey she meets two American film students who are travelling to remote villages screening Charlie Chaplin films. They decide to help her search, an undertaking that brings them to the war...

Directed By: Jano Rosebiani

Written By: Jano Rosebiani

  • 2014
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2014
  • 1 h 31 m

Chaplin of the Mountains

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Summary A recently orphaned young Kurdish-French woman travels to Kurdistan to find her mother's village, likely destroyed during the Anfal genocide. On her journey she meets two American film students who are travelling to remote villages screening Charlie Chaplin films. They decide to help her search, an undertaking that brings them to the war...

Directed By: Jano Rosebiani

Written By: Jano Rosebiani

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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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0% Mixed
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60% Negative
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70
Feb 20, 2014
The film embraces humor — would you want a one-legged man guiding you through a minefield? — without surrendering sensitivity. The screenplay may echo with atrocities, but it’s not consumed by them.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
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Feb 20, 2014
There’s a simplicity and directness in Chaplin of the Mountains that keeps it aloft; its wholehearted sincerity feels much fresher than any number of slicker, more cynical films.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 24, 2014
At its best, the film seems as dreary a travelogue as that Nia Vardalos vehicle "My Life in Ruins." At its worst, Chaplin of the Mountains feels like an overambitious film-school thesis with superfluous political and philosophical posturing.
By Martin Tsai FULL REVIEW
30
Feb 18, 2014
Self-taught Kurdish-American filmmaker Jano Rosebiani's mostly English-language drama...is deadened by milquetoast characters, uninspired landscape photography, and no perceptible stakes.
By Aaron Hillis FULL REVIEW
20
Feb 20, 2014
Some of the locations and scenes of indigenous musicians make this trip a tiny bit worthwhile. But only a bit.
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Production Company Evini Films
Release Date Feb 21, 2014
Duration 1 h 31 m
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Website http://www.evinifilms.com/
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