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Backstabbing for Beginners

A young program coordinator at the United Nations stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves.

Director

Per Fly

Year

Genre

drama, history, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Fortitude International,Eyeworks Scandi Fiction,Creative Alliance,Unlimited Stories

Awards

1 nomination

Homepage

https://a24films.com/films/backstabbing-for-beginners

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Michael

Pasha Pasaris

Nashim Hussani

Christina Dupre

Jacqueline Bisset

Hassan

Ruth Zekra Kal

Daniela Lavender

Lily

Trevor

Rossif Sutherland

Rasnetsov

Brian Markinson

Justin Cutter

Kurdish Minister

Bearded Man

Kate

Abhek

Melina Pasaris

Reporter

Shauna MacDonald

Archives Clerk

Taxi Driver

Al-Rasheed Waiter

Baghdad Hospital Director

Ba'athist Bureaucrat

Bellman

Abdelhamid Abo Inane

Sick Little Girl

WSJ Editor

UN Council President

Turkish Businessman

Desperate Doc

US Customs Agent

Italian Field Observer

Jerome Vicolitto

Company Rep

Little Girl's Mom

Female CPA Guard

RAT's D-4

Nashim's Grandfather

Hassan Grennouni

Shop Owner

Abderrahim Samadi

Field Reporter

Award Presenter

Kurdish Imam

Abbas Abdulghani

Self

Self

Prisoner

United Nations Staff

Fabio Lusvarghi

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The grifted medicine,
missing supplies. - Backstabbing for Beginners

The grifted medicine, missing supplies.

She's not just ineffective,
she's actively inventing proof - Backstabbing for Beginners

She's not just ineffective, she's actively inventi...

UN protocol requires the
regional director sign off - Backstabbing for Beginners

UN protocol requires the regional director sign off

God help anyone
who gets in our way. - Backstabbing for Beginners

God help anyone who gets in our way.

Died of
the flu, just a baby. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Died of the flu, just a baby.

And my wife, we
couldn't make another. - Backstabbing for Beginners

And my wife, we couldn't make another.

You know, for someone who speaks
for other people for a living, - Backstabbing for Beginners

You know, for someone who speaks for other people for a livi...

I couldn't help but notice
you were not surprised - Backstabbing for Beginners

I couldn't help but notice you were not surprised

Yeah, we already know there's
some corruption in the program. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Yeah, we already know there's some corruption in the pr...

I'll uhh, make sure
Pasha knows that too. - Backstabbing for Beginners

I'll uhh, make sure Pasha knows that too.

That your boss wants you
to find the secret button - Backstabbing for Beginners

That your boss wants you to find the secret button

I can tell you:
it does not exist. - Backstabbing for Beginners

I can tell you: it does not exist.

But your
predecessor Abhek... - Backstabbing for Beginners

But your predecessor Abhek...

His car accident was
not an accident. - Backstabbing for Beginners

His car accident was not an accident.

That's a pretty big
accusation to make. - Backstabbing for Beginners

That's a pretty big accusation to make.

He was fearful of
someone inside United Nations. - Backstabbing for Beginners

He was fearful of someone inside United Nations.

The Mukhabarat, you see,
were concerned to inspect - Backstabbing for Beginners

The Mukhabarat, you see, were concerned to inspect

This as a courtesy, for
your security, of course. - Backstabbing for Beginners

This as a courtesy, for your security, of course.

Such a difficult, stressful
time for everyone here. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Such a difficult, stressful time for everyone here.

The Great Satan keeps
threatening to bomb the city - Backstabbing for Beginners

The Great Satan keeps threatening to bomb the city

You will find on
the bureau behind me - Backstabbing for Beginners

You will find on the bureau behind me

No disrespect
was meant by it. - Backstabbing for Beginners

No disrespect was meant by it.

What about what the
interpreter said about Abhek? - Backstabbing for Beginners

What about what the interpreter said about Abhek?

Maybe she's a spy for
Saddam sent to rattle us. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Maybe she's a spy for Saddam sent to rattle us.

I'd been warned,
but I was still shocked - Backstabbing for Beginners

I'd been warned, but I was still shocked

Pasha was right, every
department had an agenda. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Pasha was right, every department had an agenda.

They played right into
Madame Dupre's hands. - Backstabbing for Beginners

They played right into Madame Dupre's hands.

Do I need to point out the
serious fucking consequences - Backstabbing for Beginners

Do I need to point out the serious fucking consequences

Are you
fucking kidding me!? - Backstabbing for Beginners

Are you fucking kidding me!?

It's not our place
to question the decisions - Backstabbing for Beginners

It's not our place to question the decisions

Absent of
all politics. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Absent of all politics.

And yes, it's a hard
fucking job sometimes. - Backstabbing for Beginners

And yes, it's a hard fucking job sometimes.

But if
you can't do it, - Backstabbing for Beginners

But if you can't do it,

I knew
from my research - Backstabbing for Beginners

I knew from my research

As long as Saddam was
in power it was gonna take - Backstabbing for Beginners

As long as Saddam was in power it was gonna take

The rations, when they come, are
always half what was promised. - Backstabbing for Beginners

The rations, when they come, are always half what was promis...

They had been hurt
harder under the sanctions - Backstabbing for Beginners

They had been hurt harder under the sanctions

The Kurds have plenty
of money to buy their own food, - Backstabbing for Beginners

The Kurds have plenty of money to buy their own food,

The Kurdish
conflict with Iraq goes back - Backstabbing for Beginners

The Kurdish conflict with Iraq goes back

Forced displacement,
mass detention and torture. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Forced displacement, mass detention and torture.

And then, when that didn't work,
he resorted to landmines - Backstabbing for Beginners

And then, when that didn't work, he resorted to landmin...

A reign of
terror that included - Backstabbing for Beginners

A reign of terror that included

Kurds are dying for
simply being Kurdish. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Kurds are dying for simply being Kurdish.

And in a shuttle
diplomacy between - Backstabbing for Beginners

And in a shuttle diplomacy between

...About how the
most beloved food to Allah, - Backstabbing for Beginners

...About how the most beloved food to Allah,

The Kurdish Minister's
right though, - Backstabbing for Beginners

The Kurdish Minister's right though,

It's in the fucking field reports,
but we have to keep a lid on it. - Backstabbing for Beginners

It's in the fucking field reports, but we have to keep ...

It has to be to feed
as many as possible. - Backstabbing for Beginners

It has to be to feed as many as possible.

You are connected to
Kuwait, you land in JFK at 5 PM. - Backstabbing for Beginners

You are connected to Kuwait, you land in JFK at 5 PM.

Dupre is going to freeze
you out for the final report. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Dupre is going to freeze you out for the final report.

Okay, then why am
I staying here then? - Backstabbing for Beginners

Okay, then why am I staying here then?

You'll want
Hassan to see them - Backstabbing for Beginners

You'll want Hassan to see them

Your task is to make sure
he shows them to Dupre - Backstabbing for Beginners

Your task is to make sure he shows them to Dupre

Kid,
it's diplomacy, - Backstabbing for Beginners

Kid, it's diplomacy,

I mean, how big of a lie
am I gonna be telling? - Backstabbing for Beginners

I mean, how big of a lie am I gonna be telling?

Just so you know, Madame says
you won't be reading the report - Backstabbing for Beginners

Just so you know, Madame says you won't be reading the ...

We're just ponds in a
bigger game, you and me. - Backstabbing for Beginners

We're just ponds in a bigger game, you and me.

At least you can help me arrange
an interpreter for a field trip. - Backstabbing for Beginners

At least you can help me arrange an interpreter for a field ...

I wanna open one of these boxes
and check the expiration dates. - Backstabbing for Beginners

I wanna open one of these boxes and check the expiration dat...

Sick people will get
sicker or die because of these. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Sick people will get sicker or die because of these.

Every box
needs to be checked, - Backstabbing for Beginners

Every box needs to be checked,

I should warn you, everyone
here thinks I'm your prostitute. - Backstabbing for Beginners

I should warn you, everyone here thinks I'm your prosti...

You can't really
just have a date - Backstabbing for Beginners

You can't really just have a date

Well umm, I'm doing
a status report - Backstabbing for Beginners

Well umm, I'm doing a status report

I mean today, with
the spoiled medicine. - Backstabbing for Beginners

I mean today, with the spoiled medicine.

What you did had nothing to
do with writing your report. - Backstabbing for Beginners

What you did had nothing to do with writing your report.

I took this job for a reason
because I wanna help people - Backstabbing for Beginners

I took this job for a reason because I wanna help people

They're not
gonna bomb Baghdad, - Backstabbing for Beginners

They're not gonna bomb Baghdad,

If they're real, they're
proof that we're being gamed - Backstabbing for Beginners

If they're real, they're proof that we're bei...

Using our trucks to deliver
weapons, I mean, what the fuck? - Backstabbing for Beginners

Using our trucks to deliver weapons, I mean, what the fuck?

I'm just gonna pack them up
into a courier pouch, - Backstabbing for Beginners

I'm just gonna pack them up into a courier pouch,

"Chain of command." - Backstabbing for Beginners

"Chain of command."

They are friends. - Backstabbing for Beginners

They are friends.

So, this place
isn't here, officially. - Backstabbing for Beginners

So, this place isn't here, officially.

These are the graves
of Kurdish civilians that - Backstabbing for Beginners

These are the graves of Kurdish civilians that

Gas,
Sarin, Tabun, VX. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Gas, Sarin, Tabun, VX.

He doesn't care about your
sanctions or resolutions. - Backstabbing for Beginners

He doesn't care about your sanctions or resolutions.

He's the Angel of
Death... Azrael. - Backstabbing for Beginners

He's the Angel of Death... Azrael.

My parents were
intellectuals, active in PUK. - Backstabbing for Beginners

My parents were intellectuals, active in PUK.

Nobody in Baghdad knows
I'm Kurdish, Michael. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Nobody in Baghdad knows I'm Kurdish, Michael.

My friends, they helped Ahbek
uncover a criminal conspiracy - Backstabbing for Beginners

My friends, they helped Ahbek uncover a criminal conspiracy

Ahbek claimed there is a
whole system of corruption that - Backstabbing for Beginners

Ahbek claimed there is a whole system of corruption that

A list that contains names
of people and organizations - Backstabbing for Beginners

A list that contains names of people and organizations

The office was empty,
everyone had gone home. - Backstabbing for Beginners

The office was empty, everyone had gone home.

I'm going North
across the border. - Backstabbing for Beginners

I'm going North across the border.

Why didn't you take it to
someone more senior in The UN? - Backstabbing for Beginners

Why didn't you take it to someone more senior in The UN...

It's important who
delivers the list. - Backstabbing for Beginners

It's important who delivers the list.

No one can accuse you
of being Partisan - Backstabbing for Beginners

No one can accuse you of being Partisan

I just want you to take it back
with you and find someone - Backstabbing for Beginners

I just want you to take it back with you and find someone

Then, together we
can decide what to do. - Backstabbing for Beginners

Then, together we can decide what to do.

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A young program coordinator at the United Nations stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Per Fly

Writer: Per Fly, Daniel Pyne, Michael Soussan

Production: Fortitude International,Eyeworks Scandi Fiction,Creative Alliance,Unlimited Stories

Genre: drama, history, romance

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 48/100

ImdbRating: 6.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 27 Apr 2018

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://a24films.com/films/backstabbing-for-beginners

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