Iraqi Odyssey

Name: Iraqi Odyssey
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 27, 2015
Duration: 162 min
Rating: 60

2015

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Typecast Releasing | Release Date: November 27, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Bombs, war, angry bearded men, shrouded sobbing women, shattered cities: this is Iraq as seen through the eyes of the western media these days. These images are juxtaposed with those from the fifties and seventies: films with frivolous music, unveiled women who study, elegantly dressed men in Bagdad, a modern city. How did it come to this?Bombs, war, angry bearded men, shrouded sobbing women, shattered cities: this is Iraq as seen through the eyes of the western media these days. These images are juxtaposed with those from the fifties and seventies: films with frivolous music, unveiled women who study, elegantly dressed men in Bagdad, a modern city. How did it come to this? In this documentary, author and director Samir tells the compelling story of his globalized middle-class Iraqi family who are scattered all over the world. Shuttling between Auckland, Moscow, Paris, London, Zurich, Buffalo, and Iraq, Samir presents a moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people successively plagued by dictatorship, war, and foreign occupation.… Expand

Director: Samir

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 162 min

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Stephen Holden

Nov 28, 2015

Watching it is like slowly leafing through a giant scrapbook whose contents include the individual stories of a large extended family. Read full review

Sam Weisberg

Nov 24, 2015

Jay Weissberg

Nov 28, 2015

The running time of two hours and 43 minutes is unquestionably self-indulgent; thankfully the clan’s charisma keeps attention from lagging too much despite frequent opportunities for trimming. Read full review

Deborah Young

Nov 28, 2015

Mostly one wishes for a more concise edit that would pull this impressive avalanche of memories and faded photos together a lot sooner. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Nov 28, 2015

With the mixing of the sprawling family tree with geopolitical imbroglios already proving daunting for viewers, the filmmaker exacerbates the confusion by eschewing a linear chronology. Read full review

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