''Marooned in Iraq'' ( fa, گم‌گشتگی در عراق/Gomgashtei dar Aragh, and also known as ''Songs of My Motherland'' fa, آوازهای سرزمین مادری‌ام) is a 2002

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(

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) film directed by

Bahman Ghobadi Bahman Ghobadi ( fa, بهمن قبادی; ; born 1 February 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan province, Iran) is an Iranian Kurdish film director, producer and writer. He belongs to the " new wave" of Iranian cinema. Biography He was born in Baneh, a K ...

and produced in

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. It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

2002 Cannes Film Festival The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski. The festival opened with '' Hollywood Ending'', direct ...

Plot

Mirza, a famous Kurdish musician, hears that his (ex-)wife, Hanareh, is in trouble. Accompanied by his two sons, he embarks on an adventurous journey across the

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

border to find her.

Cast

* Shahab Ebrahimi - Mirza * Faegh Mohamadi - Barat * Allah-Morad Rashtian - Audeh * Rojan Hosseini - Rojan * Saeed Mohammadi - The Teacher * Iran Ghobadi - Hanareh

Awards

#Gold Plaque,

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, 2002. # François Chalais Award,

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, 2002 #International Jury Award, São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, 2002. #Aurora and Don Quixote Awards, Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway, 2003.

References

External links

''Marooned in Iraq''
Official website. * 2002 films Kurdish films Kurdish-language films 2000s Persian-language films Films directed by Bahman Ghobadi 2002 drama films Films set in Iraq Films set in Iran Iranian drama films {{2000s-drama-film-stub