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Zaman - The Man from the Reeds

The First Iraqi Film in Over 15 Years!

7.1(7)20031h 17m1

Zaman is a sweet and sad story about love and devotion, hope and fear. Zaman (Sami Kaftan), and his wife, Najma (Shatha Salim), have built their happy life together in their house of reeds and, though childless, adopted a boy, Yacine (Hussein Imad), orphaned by the 1991 Gulf War. They have lived a quiet, contented existence until Najma falls ill. The local doctor tells them she needs surgery or some special medicine he does not have. And so Zaman sets off in his small boat and journeys up the Tigris to Baghdad in search of the precious cure. Thus begins the journey of salvation and discovery for "Zaman, the Man of the Reeds."

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Status
Released
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Language
Arabic
  • village life
  • iraq

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Behind the camera

Director

Amer Alwan

Produced in

France, Iraq

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Release dates

  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1 Nov 2003

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Zaman - The Man from the Reeds was released on 1 November 2003.

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    r96sk

    7/6/2025

    7/10

    <em>'Zaman - The Man from the Reeds'</em> splits my thoughts. On the one hand, there isn't really enough plot here for a full length (albeit of the shorter variety) film and as such it never truly gets out of second gear. On the other hand, it is undeniably touching and the ending is poignant. Sami Kaftan's lead performance is pleasant, it's impossible not to care about his character and the family's predicament. …

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