John Ford in Babylon

20178m
DocumentaryShortAdventureBiographyDrama

Iraqi writer Samuel Shimon left his country in 1979 dreaming of Hollywood. This is a story of the power of Cinema to captivate a young man and send him on a Quixotic journey across the world, encountering Iraqis infatuated with Westerns and Lebanese torturers obsessed with the French New Wave.

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8m
Released
2017

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Release year: 2017

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Iraqi writer Samuel Shimon left his country in 1979 dreaming of Hollywood. This is a story of the power of Cinema to captivate a young man and send him on a Quixotic journey across the world, encountering Iraqis infatuated with Westerns and Lebanese torturers obsessed with the French New Wave.

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