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Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)

| Thriller | 10 August 2019 (Switzerland)
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"Abu Nawas" is a trendy café and popular hangout for artists, communists and gay Iraqi exiles in London, it's close to the Salafist Mosque. When Nasseer, a fanatic religious youth and ... See full summary »

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Samir

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Samir, Furat al Jamil

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Waseem Abbas, Haytham Abdulrazaq, Daniel Adegboyega | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Waseem Abbas ... Muhannad
Haytham Abdulrazaq Haytham Abdulrazaq ... Taufiq
Daniel Adegboyega ... Officer Mason
Shervin Alenabi ... Nasseer
Haitham Ali ... Taufik
Kae Bahar Kae Bahar ... Zeki
Taro Bahar Taro Bahar ... Aro
Ken Bones ... Graham Foster
Helen Bradbury ... Simone Beecroft
Brooke Conroy Brooke Conroy ... Dan
Gaston Dellaferrera Gaston Dellaferrera ... Mosque mob
Farid Elouardi ... Sheick yassin
Kerry Fox ... Maude
Zahraa Ghandour ... Amal
Ali Daim Mailiki ... Ahmed
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Storyline

"Abu Nawas" is a trendy café and popular hangout for artists, communists and gay Iraqi exiles in London, it's close to the Salafist Mosque. When Nasseer, a fanatic religious youth and nephew of poet Taufiq, attacks his uncle's friends he sets into action a course of events that will turn everyone's life upside down.

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Official Sites:

Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion CH

Country:

Switzerland | Germany | UK

Language:

Arabic | English

Release Date:

10 August 2019 (Switzerland) See more »

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK See more »
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Budget:

CHF4,200,000 (estimated)
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Production Co:

Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Coin Film, Ipso Facto Productions See more »
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Dolby Digital

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Color
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