''The Journey'' ( ar, الرحلة) is a 2017 Iraqi
drama film
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co-edited, written, co-produced, and directed by
Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the
2017 Toronto International Film Festival
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.
Upon premiering on 1 March 2018 in Iraq, the film became the first Iraqi film in 27 years to be released in the theaters of Iraq.
It was selected as the Iraqi entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
91st Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
Cast
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Zahraa Ghandour
Zahraa Ghandour is an Iraqi actress and film director.
Ghandour was born and raised in Baghdad to a Lebanese father and an Iraqi mother. She left Iraq in 2004 to live in Syria, then to Beirut, Lebanon. A few years later she returned to Iraq. Li ...
as Sara
*Ameer Ali Jabarah as Salam
See also
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References
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2017 films
2017 drama films
2010s Arabic-language films
Films directed by Mohamed Al-Daradji
Iraqi drama films
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