Dreams


1h 50m 2006

Brief Synopsis

Based on true stories, tale of two psychiatric patients who escape from their mental institution and wander the chaotic streets of Baghdad around the time U.S. troops entered the capital in April 2003.

Film Details

Also Known As
Ahlaam
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.; Institute Of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 50m

Synopsis

Based on true stories, tale of two psychiatric patients who escape from their mental institution and wander the chaotic streets of Baghdad around the time U.S. troops entered the capital in April 2003.

Cast

Aseel Adil

Basher Al-majid

Mohamed Hashim

Talib Al-furati

Azhaar Hamoodi

Kaheel Khalid

Mortadha Saadi

Anaam Al-rubaye

Khudair Alsari

Firyal Kereem

Behjet Al-joboury

Mazin Mohamed Mostafa

Munaf Talib

Majida Al-basri

Mohammed Al-naqash

Kareem Chakchak

Hikmet Al-qaisi

Sayed Kadhim

Ra'ad Zwayer

Rifat Warash

Imad Al-mutrib

Ahmed Khalid Maria

Ali Jaleel Ibrahim

Samir Ahmed

Uday Saadun

Ali Sughayar

Anmar Taha

Adil Aboud

Kais Jasim

Omar Moshin

Bashar Mubarak

Hazim Jabbar

Jawad Maysoor

Hussein Kareem

Kadhim Qasim

Talib Mohsin

Khalf Atwan

Saad Farhan

Ali Shawada

Yahya Hardan

Mohammed Ismail

Qasim Mohsin

Sarhan Mohammed

Muhanad Rasheed

Asaad Mashay

Dinar Gati

Diab Ahmed Gati

Furat Diab Ahmed

Abbas Mohammed

Ali Adayem

Hayder Jokan

Maytham Taama

Zahraa Mohammed

Um Naeem Shukriya

Najm Al-bahadily

Yahya Sadoun

Abbas Khudhair

Ali Mehdi

Aqil Ali

Hasan Mardaw

Nema Sharhan

Sadiq Hussein

Ali Nema

Salim Dawood

Abu Najla

Saddam Najaf

Saad Shukur

Farooq Diab

Abbas Al-saaidi

Omar Sabah

Luay Fadhil

Sabah Adham

Thaer Kareem

Raja Jameel

Salah Mahmood Abdah

Aqil Ali Al-jabiri

Jasim Adhal

Mohammad Taha

Omar Basim

Qasim Al-kordi

Fadhil Abbas

Zahir Kareem

Hasan Falih

Muwafaq Talib

Haider Khalid

Ali Kanoun

Tariq Ziad

Yassir Muwafaq

Mohammed Muwafaq

Ziad Dhiaa

Hasan Al-daradji

Suzanne Taha

Ahmed Taha

Shaikh Ali Al-janani

Yahya Talib

Mutashar Jabir

Hussein Ali Mohammad

Awadh Ali Mohammad

Mahmoud Talib

Hussein Khalid

Duayer Jasim

Alaa Abd Al-hasan

Safa Raheem

Sabah Al-alyawi

Talib Uthafa

Ali Jamal

Sajad Baqir

Sabir Maknoon

Atheer Maktoof

Abu Jasim Jameel Al-khufaji

Ali Al-dubaisy

Samir Maki

Dhafir Thabit

Aufi Sabah

Ahmed Jasim

Mushtaq Talib

Ahmed Bakheet

Alaa Bakheet

Abd Al-hussein Raheem

Mahdi Raheem

Khalil Finjan

Mahdi Mahawi

Mustafa Mahawi

Mohammed Hadi

Fatima Hamdi

Lameya Hussein

Khawla Jasim

Issam Khairi

Ammar Tariq

Mohammed Hasan

Hussein Subayeh

Subhi Kamal

Ahmed Al-daradji

Ameer Al-daradji

Saif Ramadan Sherif Mohammed

Mashari Al-dulaimi

Saif Namiq

Jabbar Ghulam

Maysar Rauf

Ali Jasim

Mohammed Ali

Sami Al-malik

Sami Abdul Kareem

Saif Salah

Mohammed Al-hurani

Karim Qassem

Haji Ali

Nemir Farhad

Saman Ali

Samir Mohamed

Saif Mohammed

Ali Kamil

Mushin Joda Al-shawli

Sayed Obaidy

Abu Sabah Nouri Juma

Sami Duayer

Kamal Sahib

Yusuf Samir

Uthman Taha

Amir Jankaal

Bashir Saif

Samar Rauf

Hasan Talib

Ammar Rashid

Imad Qasim

Sabeeh Mulook

Yassir Al-mosawi

Samir Ali

Saif Hashim

Salah Al-maamouri

Kadhim Al-asadi

Sabah Saif

Film Details

Also Known As
Ahlaam
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.; Institute Of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 50m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the John Schlesinger Award, 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Winner of the Spirit Award for Narrative Feature and co-recipient of a Certificate for Outstanding Achievement in Acting (Bashir Al-Majid) at the 2006 Brooklyn International Film Festival.

Released in United States 2006

Released in United States 2007

Released in United States 2010

Released in United States January 2007

Released in United States June 2006

Shown at Brooklyn International Film Festival (Narrative Feature) June 2-11, 2006.

Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film) January 4-15, 2007.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Time and Tide) January 25-February 5, 2006.

Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Cinema) January 25-February 4, 2007.

Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Time and Tide) January 25-February 5, 2006.)

Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.)

Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Cinema) January 25-February 4, 2007.)

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Emerging Masters) May 20-June 13, 2010.

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 25-June 18, 2006.

Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Emerging Masters) May 20-June 13, 2010.)

Released in United States June 2006 (Shown at Brooklyn International Film Festival (Narrative Feature) June 2-11, 2006.)

Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film) January 4-15, 2007.)