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| JIYAN aka LIFE | Search all of phase9.tv | |||
Year: 2001 UK: Rio Cinema Distribution Cast: Kurdo Galali, Choman Hawrami, Pirshang Berzinji, Derya Qadir, Enwer Shexani Director: Jano Rosebiani Countries: Kurdistan / USA Language: Kurdish (English subtitles) UK: 99 mins UK Certificate: 12A contains moderately distressing scenes UK Release Date: 14 February 2003 Official website Synopsis On March 16 1988, 5,000 Kurdish residents of Halabja, formerly in Northern Iraq, were killed during a chemical and biological weapons attack by Saddam Hussein’s airforce. Five years later, Diyari, a Kurdish-American returns to the region to build an orphanage in the town. Here he befriends two children but especially Jiyan, who is now disfigured with facial burns from this outrageous attack. The film details the hardship suffered by the Kurds but also reveals a latent undercurrent that there is some hope that the Kurds can restore their lives in the future. |
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