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A Silent Traveler (1993)

A Silent Traveler (1993)

Drama History
Release Date: 1993, November 17
Directors: Ibrahim Selman
Countries: Iraq, Netherlands
Production: Dnu Film BV, Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS)
Cast: Bangin Abdulkadir, Said Ali, Umet Ali, Abdulkadir Yousif, Halima Sadik, Walid Hadji

Overview:

Debuting Iraq-born, Netherlands-based writer/director Ibrahim Selman starts out on docu ground, with a voiceover explaining his objectives and the film’s stand-in location, and recalling Kurdistan before the advent of war. He then shifts into narrative mode, with glimpses of life in a mountain village caught in the conflict between Iraqi military authorities and peshmergas (guerrilla freedom fighters).