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Memories on Stone

2014-07-06 · 97 min · ★ 6.2

Drama

Kurdish childhood friends Hussein and Alan want to produce a film about the genocide of Kurdish people in Iraq, the Anfal campaign in 1988. They learn that, to achieve veracity by the means of cinema and to face their own identity, it's worth putting everything on the line - even their own life.

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Directors
Shawkat Amin Korki
Production companies
mîtosfilm
Countries
Iraq, Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Nazmi KırıkNazmi KırıkAlan
Shima MolaeiShima MolaeiSinor
Suat UstaSuat UstaRozh Azad
Hussein Hassan AliHussein Hassan AliHussein
AllahMorad RashtianiAllahMorad RashtianiThe Smuggler
Rekish ShahbazRekish ShahbazBashir
Bangen AliBangen AliHiwa
Salah Shex MohammediSalah Shex MohammediUncle Hamid
Baroj AkrayiSalem (DOP)
Adil AbdulrahmanAdil AbdulrahmanMr. Khalid
Hushyar NerwayiHazhar

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