Hanging Gardens (2022)
When As’ad, a 12-year-old rubbish picker, adopts an American sex doll from the Baghdad dumps, he crosses into a perilous red zone, finding himself caught in the crossfire between abusive forces of commercialism and fundamentalism in a world where defenders of humanism have lost their power. He embraces the courage it takes to not just survive, but live.
Director:
Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
Writers:
Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji, Margaret Glover.
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Wissam Diyaa as Taha |
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Jawad Al Shukrchi as Al Haji |
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Hussain Muhammad Jalil as As'ad |
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Akram Mazen Ali as Amir |
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Karar Shaaban Abdel Sada as Rasul |
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Ali Farhan as Emad |
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Mahdi Al Fartousi as Tahseen |
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Jafer Al Sheikh as American Mister |
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Israa Adel as Girl Next Door |
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Vanessa Kanaan as Salwah (voice) |
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Hassan Hadi as Abu Laith |
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Wathaq Mahdi Al Lamy as Abu Mustafa |
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Atia Jbara Al-Darraji as Sheikh |
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Mustaf Al Tawel as Saif |
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Abbas Al-Nouri as Pharmacist |
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Aala'a Qassem Hashem as Alaa |
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Mohanad Hassan Al Sudany as Angry Customer |
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Ali Al Karkhy as Muezzin (voice) |
| Directing | Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji | Director |
| Writing | Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji | Screenplay |
| Writing | Margaret Glover | Screenplay |
| Camera | Duraid Munajim | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Kamal El Mallakh | Editor |
