Overview
From July to December 2015, with a camera team in tow, Bernard-Henri Lévy journeyed 1,000 km along the frontline separating Iraqi Kurdistan from Islamic State troops. The journey resulted in an illustrated logbook offering a special insight into an unfinished war with a global impact. Alongside the Peshmergas – Kurdish fighters imbued with a spirit of unfailing determination in their fight against obscurantism and jihadism, the film takes us from the heights of Mosul to the heart of the Sinjar mountains, passing the last Christian monasteries threatened with destruction along the way. A tale peopled by real characters, men and women whose faces are rarely seen...
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 8, 2016
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Canal+,ARTE France Cinéma,Margo Cinéma
- Cast
- Mike Barzani,Maghdid Harki,Shwan Muhammad Gharib,Sheikh Jafar,Hussein Yazdanpanah,Ameed Bahram,Général Harass,Araz Abdulkhadr,Sabah Zangana,Sirwan Barzaniand 4 more
- Director
- Bernard-Henri Lévy
- Producer
- François Margolin
- Cinematography
- Olivier Jacquin,Ala Hoshyar Tayyeb,Camille Lotteau
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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