2010 Drama
1h 30min
A broken family under incestuous patriarch Salih lives uneasily within the gated courtyard of a dilapidated house in Baghdad. Meriam, Salih's pregnant daughter, has fallen silent, refusing to tell her father what's wrong. She finds some protection from Salih's young second wife, Kerima, and his preteen son, Muhanad. Meanwhile, with the family hard up for money, Muhanad must work in the street shining shoes and, more ominously, the entire household must cohabitate with a sullen and imperious boarder, a man who works as a hired killer and has taken Kerima as his concubine. In such a house, can it be that freedom and safety actually lie beyond the gates?
| Directed by | Oday Rasheed |
| Written by | Oday Rasheed |
| Company | Global Film InitiativeGlobal Film InitiativeGlobal Film Initiative |
| Original lang. | Arabic |
| Country | Germany/Iraq |