Zaman - The Man from the Reeds
2003, Arabic. Directed by Amer Alwan.
The First Iraqi Film in Over 15 Years!
Zaman is a sweet and sad story about love and devotion, hope and fear. Zaman (Sami Kaftan), and his wife, Najma (Shatha Salim), have built their happy life together in their house of reeds and, though childless, adopted a boy, Yacine (Hussein Imad), orphaned by the 1991 Gulf War. They have lived a quiet, contented existence until Najma falls ill. The local doctor tells them she needs surgery or some special medicine he does not have. And so Zaman sets off in his small boat and journeys up the Tigris to Baghdad in search of the precious cure. Thus begins the journey of salvation and discovery for "Zaman, the Man of the Reeds."
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 1 November 2003
- Original title
- Zaman, l'homme des roseaux
- Country
- France, Iraq
- Written by
- Joëlle Alauzet, Amer Alwan
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Zaman - The Man from the Reeds runs 77 minutes (1h 17m).
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Zaman - The Man from the Reeds isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 November 2003. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like Zaman - The Man from the Reeds?
If you liked Zaman - The Man from the Reeds, try Hounddog, The Safety of Objects, Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Who directed Zaman - The Man from the Reeds?
Zaman - The Man from the Reeds (2003) was directed by Amer Alwan and stars Shaza Salem, Saadiya Al-Zaydi, Hussein Imad.