Film
The Agony of People
2007Directed by Jamil Rostami
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
About The Agony of People
- Drama
- History
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Jamil Rostami
- Writers
- Ebrahim Ahmad
- Khosro Sina
- Jamil Rostami
- Original title
- ژانی گەل
