''Jani Gal'' ( ckb, ژانی گەل, Janî Gel, The Agony of a People) is a 2007
Kurdish-language Kurdish drama film directed by
Jamil Rostami
Jamil Rostami (born 1971 in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, Iran) is a Kurdish film director.
In 2002 he made his first short film titled ''The Trouble of Being a Boy'' in Kurdish, which was screened in 24 domestic and international Festivals and w ...
, 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
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
The story is set in 1950s Iraq and illustrates the plight of ''Juamer'' in a
flashback structure. When Juamer's wife goes into labor, he runs to get the midwife but is caught in the midst of a clash between Kurdish protestors and Iraqi police. He is mistakenly arrested, tortured and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. After his release, Juamer sets out to find his loved ones but he discovers that his wife died, without medical help, on the same day that he was arrested.
Production
the Make up artists of the film were Radmehr Aalipour and Ali Hamedi.
Alphabetical Film Synopsis
Moondance International Film Festival, 2008.
Accolades
See also
*Cinema of Iraq
The cinema of Iraq went through a downturn under Saddam Hussein's regime. The development of film and film-going in Iraq reflects the drastic historical shifts that Iraq has experienced in the 20th century. The Iraq War which began in 2003 had an ...
* List of submissions to the 80th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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2007 films
2007 drama films
2000s pregnancy films
Kurdish films
Films set in the 1950s
Films set in Kurdistan
Films set in Iraq
Films shot in Iraq
Kurdish-language films
Kurdish words and phrases
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