Son of Babylon (2009)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 40min
- Drama
- 04 Nov 2010 (Singapore)
- Movie
A willful young boy follows his just as obstinate grandmother in a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.
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Awards:
- 12 wins & 4 nominations.
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Cast
Shazada Hussein | ... |
Um Ibrahim
(as Shehzad Hussen)
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Yasser Talib | ... |
Ahmed
(as Yassir Taleeb)
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Bashir Al Majid | ... |
Musa
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Salih Abdul Rahman Farhad | ... |
Mahmood
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Kefaya Dakhee Kareem | ... |
Um Fatima
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Mohammed Hussen Jbara | ... |
Qasim
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Haythem Abass | ... |
Razak
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Yazy Hassin Hasoon | ... |
Woman Snging
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Asmaeel Al-Matri | ... |
Sheikh of the Mosque
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Raad Azoeer | ... |
Baghdad Bus Driver
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Sayyed Hassin Al-Mosawi | ... |
Baghdad Bus Driver Assistant
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Lateef Maouat Al-Asadi | ... |
Baghdad Coach Station Man #1
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Raheem Radi | ... |
Baghdad Coach Station Man #2
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Shwala Atia | ... |
Baghdad Coach Station Woman #1
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Najat Mansour | ... |
Baghdad Coach Station Woman #2
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Najeer Jree | ... |
Nasiriyah Prison Official
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Hussein Nahi | ... |
Nasiriyah Prison Assistant #1
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Ali Mhaoush | ... |
Nasiriyah Prison Assistant #2
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Tiswahin Abdul Kadum | ... |
Nasiriyah Prison Mourning Woman #1
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Road Jabir | ... |
Nasiriyah Prison Mourning Woman #2
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Sajad Mohamed Ali | ... |
Nasiriyah Coach Driver
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Ali Jesien | ... |
Nasiriyah Coach Passenger Man #1
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Zuhaa Abass | ... |
Nasiriyah Coach Passenger Woman #1
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Teeba Mahmood | ... |
Nasiriyah Coach Passenger Woman #2
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Mohamed Kareem | ... |
Nasiriyah Coach Passenger
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Taha Ahmed | ... |
Nasiriyah Coach Passenger
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Mostafa Mohi | ... |
Nasiriyah Coach Passenger
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Hashim Kassim | ... |
Nasiriyah Coach Passenger
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Reyad Mohamed | ... |
Nasiriyah Coach Passenger
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Mosa Abass Sajid | ... |
Mass Grave #1 Official
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Ahmed Hameed | ... |
Mass Grave #2 Official
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Fadel Awaja Hussein | ... |
Mass Grave #2 Official
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Hilla Ali | ... |
Mass Grave #2 Woman
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Swhad Hassin | ... |
Mass Grave #2 Woman
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Wafaa Abdul Hussein | ... |
Mass Grave #2 Woman
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Shaymaa Shameel | ... |
Mass Grave #2 Woman
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Rayddaa Walli | ... |
Mass Grave #2 Woman
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Noor Mahmood | ... |
Mass Grave #2 Woman
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Jwda Kokis | ... |
Mass Grave #2 Man
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Motar Mshatet | ... |
Mass Grave #2 Man
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Ahmed Jabar Hussein | ... |
Red Cross Official
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Hussein Sajid | ... |
Red Cross Assistant #1
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Saddam Mohamed Jbeel | ... |
Red Cross Assistant #2
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Anour Abed Ali | ... |
Red Cross Assistant #3
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Jassib Hassoun | ... |
Red Cross Assistant #4
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Najat Mshatet | ... |
Woman on Truck Mass Grave #1
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Steve Tucker | ... |
American Soldier #1
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George Wells | ... |
American Soldier #2
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Alan Gingerboling | ... |
American Soldier #3
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Stov Patel | ... |
American Soldier #4
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Bernard Link | ... |
American Soldier #5
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Luca Costa | ... |
American Soldier #6
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Jason Crosby | ... |
American Soldier #7
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Bruce Chadweek | ... |
American Soldier #8
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Trompie Mares | ... |
American Soldier #9
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Miles Conway | ... |
American Soldier #10
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Greg Kelly | ... |
American (voice)
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Bryan Bounds | ... |
American (voice)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Pat Lally | ... |
American (voice)
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Directed by
Mohamed Al Daradji |
Written by
Mohamed Al Daradji | ... | (writer) |
Mithal Ghazi | ... | (written by) |
Jennifer Norridge | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Mohamed Al Daradji | ... | producer |
Atia Jbara Al-Darraji | ... | producer (as Atea Al Daradji) |
Bader Ben Hirsi | ... | co-producer |
Antonia Bird | ... | executive producer |
Emma Clarke | ... | executive producer |
Pippa Cross | ... | executive producer |
Dimitri de Clercq | ... | producer |
Danny Evans | ... | co-producer (as Daniel Evans) |
Simon Glass | ... | assistant producer |
Hugo Heppell | ... | executive producer |
Rashid Masharawi | ... | producer |
Nashwa Al Ruwaini | ... | executive producer |
Isabelle Stead | ... | producer |
Music by
Kad Achouri |
Cinematography by
Mohamed Al Daradji | ||
Duraid Munajim | ... | (as Duraid Al-Munajim) |
Editing by
Pascale Chavance | ||
Mohamed Jabarah |
Editorial Department
Zainab Al-Hariri | ... | second assistant editor |
John Beadle | ... | fourth assistant editor |
Lee Charallah | ... | third assistant editor |
Stefan Fairlamb | ... | first assistant editor |
Production Design by
Alison Jeffery |
Art Direction by
Basher Flaleh | ... | (Sulaymaniyah) |
Hayder Jabar | ||
Ahmed Jumaa | ... | (Sulaymaniyah) |
Udai Mania | ||
Mohamed Mofaser | ||
Tamara Nouri | ... | (Sulaymaniyah) |
Costume Design by
Akhlas Saddam |
Makeup Department
Husham Juad | ... | makeup assistant: Baghdad / makeup assistant: Sulaymaniyah |
Fausi Mohamed Kadum | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
John Parnham | ... | hair and makeup advisor |
Production Management
Hussein Jbara | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yahya Al-Allaq | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Mohamed Abas | ... | art department assistant |
Sound Department
Hugo Adams | ... | sound effects design editor |
François Boudet | ... | sound mixer / sound recordist: Sulaymaniyah |
Andrew Caller | ... | re-recording mixer |
Lee Charallah | ... | adr mixer |
Mike Dowson | ... | re-recording mixer |
Danny Freemantle | ... | sound effects editor |
Glenn Freemantle | ... | sound designer / supervising sound editor |
Mark Heslop | ... | sound editor |
Mohamed Ali Meedo | ... | boom operator |
Brendan Nicholson | ... | re-recording mixer |
Emilie O'Connor | ... | dialogue editor |
Tom Sayers | ... | sound effects design editor |
Ahmed Yassin | ... | sound recordist |
Visual Effects by
Matt Adams | ... | digital intermediate consultant |
Matt Barker | ... | digital restoration |
Matthew Benns | ... | data management |
Matthew Bristowe | ... | digital intermediate producer |
Clare Brody | ... | data management |
Will Chetwynd | ... | ds vfx editor |
Ivan Cipriani | ... | digital compositor / shake vfx editor |
Dan Dolan | ... | digital scanning and recording |
Danny Evans | ... | post production supervisor (as Daniel Evans) / visual effects producer |
Simon Giblin | ... | digital effects artist / ds vfx editor |
Charlotte Grey | ... | digital restoration |
Jahanzeb Hayat | ... | rushes project manager |
Amanda Heatley | ... | visual effects producer |
Max Horton | ... | digital intermediate colourist |
Emma Hulme | ... | digital restoration |
Jaime Leonard | ... | digital intermediate editor |
Scott Liddle | ... | digital scanning and recording |
Matthew Locke | ... | visual effects producer |
Begona Lopez | ... | digital intermediate producer |
Dolores McGinley | ... | frame vfx editor |
Ben Setterfield | ... | digital scanning and recording |
Camera and Electrical Department
Oday Abboud | ... | gaffer |
Ameer Ali | ... | third camera assistant |
Joel Cubas | ... | stills photographer: Sulaymaniyah |
Yasser Hayder | ... | gaffer / grip |
Amar Jamal | ... | camera operator / loader |
Zaheer Kareem | ... | second camera assistant |
Omar Mania | ... | first camera assistant |
Udai Saddon | ... | gaffer: Baghdad / gaffer: Sulaymaniyah / grip: Baghdad / grip: Sulaymaniyah |
Casting Department
Mossa Abass | ... | background casting: Babylon |
Mohamed Al-Iraqi | ... | background casting: Babylon |
Hussam Al-Yasseri | ... | background casting: Baghdad |
Mohamed Jassim | ... | background casting: Babylon |
Kassim Kadum Jawad | ... | background casting: Nasiriyah |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mohamed Saddam | ... | additional wardrobe assistant |
Location Management
Shaker Hmoud | ... | location manager: Sulaymaniyah |
Music Department
Anwar Abudragh | ... | arranger / jose / oud |
Wesam Al-Ezaqe | ... | santur |
Miran Al-Mirani | ... | flute re-recording mixer |
Salar Asid | ... | violin |
Paul Fitzpatrick | ... | music re-recording mixer |
Ali Khasaf | ... | advising flute trainer |
Aala Majid | ... | flute |
Ghasan Muhsin | ... | flute trainer |
Nabil Neaimi | ... | cello |
Script and Continuity Department
Tha'r Iraq | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Anoor Abas | ... | production driver |
Additional Crew
Zheer Abas | ... | production assistant: Sulaymaniyah |
Haythem Abass | ... | production assistant: Babylon |
Ahmed Doshi Al-Badri | ... | craft service |
Mohamed Doshi Al-Badri | ... | craft service |
Fadil Al-Bayardi | ... | poetry |
Zainab Al-Hariri | ... | Arabic dialogue translation / production assistant: UK |
Hana Al-Hirsi | ... | press |
Zachariyah Al-Iraqi | ... | production assistant: Nasiriyah |
Hamed Al-Maliki | ... | poetry |
Doaa Al-Solrami | ... | Arabic dialogue translation / production assistant: UK |
Hana Alhirsi-Evans | ... | publicist |
Ban Alkarialia | ... | Arabic dialogue translation |
Thair Alsahlani | ... | production assistant: Netherlands |
Raymond Anderson | ... | legal advisor: Human Films |
Raad Azoeer | ... | production assistant: Iraq |
Cecily Barber | ... | production assistant / production assistant: UK |
Leonard Crooks | ... | head of New Cinema Fund: UK Film Council |
Abas Fakher | ... | production coordinator |
Nicola Ford | ... | production assistant: UK |
Rana Fuad | ... | Arabic dialogue translation |
Ayad Hussein | ... | production assistant: Iraq |
Kareem Hussein | ... | production accountant: Iraq |
Musdak Jafar | ... | production assistant: Sulaymaniyah |
Bayan Jameel | ... | second director assistant |
Rayam Jameel | ... | Kurdish dialogue translation |
Hussam Jassim | ... | production assistant: Iraq |
Hasan Kadum | ... | production assistant: Baghdad |
Mohannad Kadum | ... | production assistant: Baghdad |
Abbas Khadaear | ... | production coordinator: Baghdad |
Abeer Khadra | ... | Arabic dialogue translation |
Kaheel Khalid | ... | first director assistant |
Hussien Khalsi | ... | Arabic dialogue translation |
Shayma Khalsi | ... | Arabic dialogue translation |
Alan Mahmood | ... | Kurdish dialogue translation |
Fiona McAllister | ... | research assistant / research assistant: UK |
Sayyad Mudafa | ... | Arabic dialogue translation |
Tamara Nouri | ... | Arabic dialogue translation |
Amanda Pyne | ... | production finance: UK Film Council |
Immad Rakbi | ... | Arabic dialogue translation |
Pam Sandu | ... | research assistant: UK |
Ana Cechia Santos | ... | research assistant: UK |
Alexandra Smith | ... | research assistant: UK |
Céline Thongsavth | ... | production executive: CRM-114 |
Kalid Abdul Zahara | ... | production assistant: Iraq |
Production Companies
- ART-Sunnyland Film
- CRM-114
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Cinema Production Center
- Fonds Sud Cinéma
- Human Film NL
- Human Film
- Iraq Al-Rafidain
- Ministere Affaires Etrangères et Européennes
- Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
- Nederlands Filmfonds
- Pyramedia
- Rotterdam Media Fund
- Screen Yorkshire
- Sundance Institute
- UK Film Council
Distributors
- Aquelarre (2011) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Cathay-Keris Films (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Moonlight Films (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Bridge Entertainment Group (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Canal Futura (2011) (Brazil) (tv)
- Cathay-Keris Films (2011) (Singapore) (DVD)
- Cine Colombia (2011) (Colombia)
- Company L (2011) (South Korea)
- Dogwoof (2011) (United Kingdom)
- Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (tv) (limited)
- Iraq Al-Rafidain (2011) (Iraq)
- Iraq Al-Rafidain (2011) (Syria)
- Lighthouse Pictures (2010) (Singapore)
- Nar Film (2011) (Turkey)
- Plan B Distribución (2011) (Mexico)
- Queen Film (2011) (Indonesia)
- Roissy Films (2010) (World-wide)
- Sabbah Media Corporation (2010) (Lebanon)
- Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) (2011) (Australia) (tv)
- Transformer (2011) (Japan)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Kodak (motion picture film supplier)
- Pinewood Studios (post-production facilities)
- Sound 24 (post-production sound services)
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Did You Know?
Trivia | It is the first post-Saddam feature films coming out of Iraq. See more » |
Crazy Credits | The following text, in Arabic and English, appears after the film and before the credits on three separate screens. "Over the last 40 years, more than 1,000,000 men, women and children have gone missing in Iraq. By April 2009, over 300 mass graves had been discovered containing between 150,000 - 200,000 bodies. The majority still remain missing or unidentified." See more » |