The Agony of People (2007)
Overview
Sulaymaniah, Iraqi Kurdistan, in the 1940s. When his wife Kaleh goes into labor, her husband Jwamer runs to get the midwife. By ill luck, he runs into the middle of a political demonstration and is seriously wounded and arrested by mistake as the ringleader. After a rigged trial, Jwamer is sentenced to ten years in prison. He serves his sentence and, as soon as he is set free, goes in search of his wife and child.
Cast
Nzar Salami
Jwanmer
Abdul Hama Jwan
Government Agent
Zhyan Ibrahim Khayat
Jwanmer's Mother
Solav Shaida
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