Son of Babylon

2015 • 91 minutes
5.0
8 reviews
100%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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Northern Iraq, 2003. Two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Ahmed, a 12-year-old boy begrudgingly follows in the shadow of his grandmother. On hearing news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, she is determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmeds father, who never returned from the Gulf war. From the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon, they hitch rides from strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims, on all too similar journeys. Struggling to understand his grandmothers search, Ahmed follows in the forgotten footsteps of a father he never knew. This journey will lead the boy to come of age.

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5.0
8 reviews
Nellie Kittrell
November 5, 2019
A terribly depressing but necessary reflection on the heartache and devastation that followed the fall of Saddam Hussein's tyrannical regime in Iraq and the beginning of a long, seemingly never-ending war. This is not a feel good movie, but it is a well made one (with a terrific child actor in the lead) and deserving of the attention of anyone who wants to see a very accurate examination an especially miserable time in Middle Eastern history.
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اندرويد العرب
February 10, 2017
روعه فلم يستحق المشاهد
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expected
July 18, 2022
very good
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