ZAGROS

By Sahim Omar KALIFA

NETHERLANDS FILM FUND / NEDERLANDS FILMFONDS - as FIN

Drama - Completed 2017


Festivals
& Awards

San Sebastian 2017
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, KURDISH
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sahim Omar KALIFA
    • Producer(s)
    • Dries PHLYPO (A PRIVATE VIEW BVBA), Jean-Claude VAN RIJCKEGHEM (A PRIVATE VIEW BVBA)
    • Synopsis
    • While Zagros, a young Kurd, is herding his sheep in the mountains, his wife is accused of infidelity by her in-laws. In a culture where that is as good as a death sentence, she flees to Belgium together with her 9-year-old daughter. The poisonous seeds of doubt keep however growing in Zagros mind...

      A gripping cross-culture drama about a husband torn between his loyalty to his family and his wife, from theproducers of “Vincent” and “Moscow, Belgium”.