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56% Critic Match
The Flowers of Kirkuk
“Cruel politics and intensive love. Because of the same love the same person makes a very foul and a very fine act”
5.6 / 10• 2010• 1h 58m•NR• Arabic
DramaWar
Storyline
Cruel politics and intensive love. Najla (N) has just finished her medical studies in Rome. Sherko (S) conceals sick and injured partisans. Mokhtar (M) belongs to the dictator's police. S and M love N, N loves S. When she gets a letter from S that she must forget him, she returns to Kirkuk. As a doctor she can help S. Mokhtar follows her trail and S and N are arrested. S is tortured. N is beaten up and then offered the job as a police doctor, a reward for leading the police to S. She accepts because then she can collect and pass on the names of people murdered or tortured. She will attend many mass murders of women and children. Once she can save them by fabricating that a child has cholera, with greater risk of contamination if she is dead. – When M understands that he cannot win N's love, he smuggles both N and S out of the country. Fully aware of the consequences he distracts the border guards and is shot by them. Max Scharnberg, Stockholm, Sweden
Cast & Crew
Morjana Alaoui
Najla
LeadDD
Darbaz Dara
Rizgar
Mohamed Zouaoui
Mokhtar
EE
Ertem Eser
Sherko
Mohammad Bakri
Old Sherko
Sarkaw Hadi Ayze
Karim
DH
Diya Hassan
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Maryam Hassouni
Rim
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fariborz Kamkari's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Flowers of Kirkuk is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
