Hanging Gardens
When As’ad, a 12-year-old rubbish picker, adopts an American sex doll from the Baghdad dumps, he crosses into a perilous red zone, finding himself caught in the crossfire between abusive forces of commercialism and fundamentalism in a world where defenders of humanism have lost their power. He embraces the courage it takes to not just survive, but live.
Directed by Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji · Written by Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
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- Wissam Diyaa Taha
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Jawad Al Shukrchi Al Haji - Hussain Muhammad Jalil As'ad
- Akram Mazen Ali Amir
- Karar Shaaban Abdel Sada Rasul
- Ali Farhan Emad
- Mahdi Al Fartousi Tahseen
- Jafer Al Sheikh American Mister
- Israa Adel Girl Next Door
- Vanessa Kanaan Salwah (voice)
- Hassan Hadi Abu Laith
- Wathaq Mahdi Al Lamy Abu Mustafa
Make it a double feature
3h 12m together
Hanging Gardens
Penda's Fen
A close match in mood and era.
