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- 2003
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 40 m
- 2003
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 40 m
- 2003
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 40 m
- 2003
- Wellspring Media
- 1 h 40 m
Marooned in Iraq
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
88
100% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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A mix of war film, road movie, and romantic comedy-drama, this peripatetic yarn is less resonant than Ghobadi's beautiful "A Time for Drunken Horses," but it has enough energy to keep your eyes popping and your toes tapping.
Ghobadi infuses his movie with a humor that can almost be called Seinfeldian, and it's this mix of laughter with tears that gives Marooned in Iraq its big impact.
Nothing I've read about Iraq or seen on TV in the past few weeks has felt nearly as real and intimate as this commanding fiction.
Mostly, though, it's a film about that hollow feeling that hits you when the tears have all dried up and your face hurts way too much to even crack a smile.
On a miniscule budget, Ghobadi conveys the terror of war, while the beautifully edited sequence in which Iranian villagers make bricks resembles nothing so much as a choreographed dance number.
Eventually turns somber, with stark depiction of mass graves and suffering refugees. The final scene will break your heart.
Even though the film's tone grows ever more elegiac, it stubbornly remains a celebration of the Kurdish capacity to endure.
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Production Company
Mij Film Co.
Release Date Apr 25, 2003
Duration 1 h 40 m
Tagline Hope is Eternal.
Awards
Tromsø International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination