The Agony of a People (2007)
1h 41m
Running Time
July 22, 2007Release Date
The Agony of a People (2007)
1h 41m
Running Time
July 22, 2007Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Nzar Salami
Jiwamer
Rinas Voria
Actor
Aso Omar Swara
Lawa
Abdul Hama Jwan
Actor
Jian Ebrahim
Actor
Renas Wria
Kale
Jamil Rostami
Director
Zhyan Ibrahim Khayat
Jwanmer's Mother
Ebrahim Ahmad
Writer
Zamwa Zahir
Rebwar
Khosro Sina
Writer
Abdulla Xayat
Arif
Karen Homayounfar
Composer
Solav Shaida
Tea House Owner
Nader Masumi
Cinematographer
Morteza Moeeneei
Editor
Abbas Bolvandi
Production Design
Mohammad Emami
Sound
Hootan Haghshenas
Colorist
Mazhar Khaliqi
Production Supervisor
Nawzad Majid
Behadin Halabcheie
Media.
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Wiki.
Jani Gal (Sorani Kurdish: ژانی گەل, romanized: Janî Gel, lit. 'The Agony of a People') is a 2007 Kurdish-language Kurdish drama film directed by Jamil Rostami, who co-wrote the screenplay with Khosro Sina and also served as the producer, based on Ibrahim Ahmad's best-selling 1972 novel of the same name. The film stars Nzar Salami, Renas Wrya, and Abdul Hamajwan. The story, set in the 1940s to 1950s of Kurdistan, chronicles Jwamer after his release from prison and his search for his wife and son. It was Iraq's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.