Jiyan
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Cast & Crew
Jano Rosebiani
Kurdo Galali
Pisheng Berzinji
Choman Hawrami
Enwer Shexani
Darya Qadir
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Synopsis
On 16 March 1988, five days before one of the most important Kurdish feast days (Newruz), Iraqi planes bombed the Kurdish town of Halabja with mustard gas, nerve gas and cyanide. Within a few minutes, 5000 men, women and children died through suffocation or burning. Despite the scale of the slaughter, international reactions were subdued and no severe sanctions or reprisals were taken against the Iraqi government: Five years after the attack, Kurdish-American Diyari returns to his homeland. He wants to set up an orphanage in Halabja. He slowly gets to know the people of the town, such as the man who has sat playing the flute day and night on a roof since he lost his wife and eight children. But most attention is focused on Jiyan, who has stayed behind alone with her nephew Sherco, a 12-year-old orphan. For that reason, Sherco is determined to marry his niece. Jiyan only recovers slowly from the traumatic events.
Director
Jano Rosebiani
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Released in United States 2002
Released in United States January 2002
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (in competition) January 23 - Feb 3, 2002.
Released in United States 2002
Released in United States January 2002 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (in competition) January 23 - Feb 3, 2002.)
