The Agony of People
2007, Kurdish. Directed by Jamil Rostami.
Sulaymaniah, Iraqi Kurdistan, in the 1940s. When his wife Kaleh goes into labor, her husband Jwamer runs to get the midwife. By ill luck, he runs into the middle of a political demonstration and is seriously wounded and arrested by mistake as the ringleader. After a rigged trial, Jwamer is sentenced to ten years in prison. He serves his sentence and, as soon as he is set free, goes in search of his wife and child.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Kurdish
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- Released
- 22 July 2007
- Original title
- ژانی گەل
- Country
- Iraq
- Written by
- Ebrahim Ahmad, Khosro Sina, Jamil Rostami
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The Agony of People (2007) was directed by Jamil Rostami and stars Nzar Salami, Abdul Hama Jwan, Aso Omar Swara.