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We follow the journey of former soldier Nassif, who fled the war in Iraq by hiding in dark cinemas. During this time, he used to watch his favorite film, “Papillon” (1973), starring Steve McQueen. Nowadays, he is looking for this film among the Iraqi cinemas’ ruins. The search for this lost film copy in the old and obsolete cinemas becomes the sole purpose of Nassif and his primary motivation to leave his house. “Take me to the Cinema” allows us to discover Baghdad through Nassif’s eyes as he takes us to streets that contrast with his silent and quiet world. A lot has changed in today’s Iraq. The street where cinema theaters were is now a market that sells military uniforms. It is crowded with young men, fitting military shirts and shoes. The quest for “Papillon” becomes the quest of character, who does not want to acknowledge the transformations of his city, and who wants to cling on to its luminous past through the light of cinema and his inner world.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2022-07-21
- video_camera_front Companies Red Star Films, Bee film production, Takween filmedia
- timer Runtime: 61 Mins
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Albaqer Jaafar
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Akram Sadoon
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Albaqer Jaafar
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Safie Eddeen Mahmoud
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Rasha Gawdat
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Tamer Ashry
Producer

Albaqer Jaafar
Cinematography

Kararr Naser
Cinematography

Mohanad Hassan Al Sudany
Cinematography

Saif Eldin
Cinematography

Ahmed alzaidi
Cinematography

Haider Husseini
Cinematography

Layth Daeir
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Muslim Habeeb
Sound Recordist

Haider Abdul Hussein
Production Manager

Mohamed Mamdouh
Editor

Kareem Al-Nady
Colorist

Tamer El Said
Post Production Consulting

Ahmad elsawy
Music

Ahmed Ali
Post Production Supervisor

Safa Najaf
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Raed Andoni
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Rasha Salti
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Sara Ishaq
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Zeina Sfeir
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Ali Hammoud Al-Hassan
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Mohammed Darwish
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Ayman El Amen
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Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez
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Saif Athab
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Mustafa Al-Lamy
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Mohammad Atia
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Abdulla Alturky
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Mustafa Abdulla
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Roza Kurdo
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Warith Kwaish
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Omeed Khalid
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Ali Aslan
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Musa Al Khafour
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Raghad Kasim
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Amaar Abaas
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Emad Alsharaa
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Sajjad Abbas
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Yasir Kareem
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Ali Thamer
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Abdul Razzaq Hussain
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Qasim Rabie
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Alaa Kahtan
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Ahmed Salah
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Ruba Abusaleh
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Andrea Malouf
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Stephanie Speck
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Laith Zaied
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Ziad Kalthoum
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Zaid Mahdi
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Ola Alsheikh
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Nour Ezzedine
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Hind Mohammed
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Dina Bataineh
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Shatha Bataineh
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Nadia Al-Soufi
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Diala Alhindawi
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Dima Yassine
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Bashar Talib
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Nour Akiki
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Bahaa Satar
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Lujain Jo
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Fadi Tabbal
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Shamal Sabri
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Lane Haddad
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Mohammed Sherwani
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Huda Al-Kadhimi
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Ahmad Abd
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Ali Altaaliqani
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Muhannad Hussain
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Murtaza Mhaws
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Mohammed Muhsin
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Kaka Khadir
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kaka karukh
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Kaka Muhamad
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Rania Stephan
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Michèle Tyan
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Sabine Sidawi
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Temara Raed
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Mustafa Darwish
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Daoud Darwish
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Antoine Khalifa
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Riham Assi
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Myriam Sassine
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Jessica Khoury
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Rana Eid
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Jacques Comets
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Mila Aung-Thwin
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Peter Kerekeš
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Karim Aitouna
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Matthieu Darras
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Laurien ten Houten
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Ahmed Nouh
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Hesham AbdelRazek
Editorial Production Assistant

Shawk Ayman
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