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Baghdad in My Shadow

"Abu Nawas" is a trendy café and popular hangout for artists, communists and gay Iraqi exiles in London, it's close to the Salafist Mosque. When Nasseer, a fanatic religious youth and nephew of poet Taufiq, attacks his uncle's fri...

Director

Samir

Year

Genre

drama, thriller

Box Office

N/A

Production

Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion,Coin Film,Ipso Facto Productions

Awards

3 wins & 3 nominations

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Taufiq Jasim. J, A, S, I, M. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Taufiq Jasim. J, A, S, I, M.

You're aware that she acquired her
residency permit under a false name. - Baghdad in My Shadow

You're aware that she acquired her residency permit und...

When will you know - Baghdad in My Shadow

When will you know

-Well, kind of southern?
-I think maybe Arabic. - Baghdad in My Shadow

-Well, kind of southern? -I think maybe Arabic.

Do I ask if you're on top - Baghdad in My Shadow

Do I ask if you're on top

I have to work.
Were you arguing? - Baghdad in My Shadow

I have to work. Were you arguing?

Why would a person like Muhannad,
go to a place like Cafe Abu Nawas? - Baghdad in My Shadow

Why would a person like Muhannad, go to a place like Cafe Ab...

No, we're just saying he likes men. - Baghdad in My Shadow

No, we're just saying he likes men.

It's rubbish. Get rid of it! - Baghdad in My Shadow

It's rubbish. Get rid of it!

This is your chance:
buy a new one! - Baghdad in My Shadow

This is your chance: buy a new one!

Fix it, - Baghdad in My Shadow

Ok, from the beginning. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Ok, from the beginning.

How long have you known
Ahmed Kamal? - Baghdad in My Shadow

How long have you known Ahmed Kamal?

I didn't know there was
an Iraqi culture centre. - Baghdad in My Shadow

I didn't know there was an Iraqi culture centre.

Thank you, have a nice day! - Baghdad in My Shadow

Thank you, have a nice day!

But it makes no sense for the cultural
attache to kill his ex wife. - Baghdad in My Shadow

But it makes no sense for the cultural attache to kill his e...

Right, we notice you like to watch us
doing our work during your stretches. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Right, we notice you like to watch us doing our work during ...

-So, you think I'm spying?
-I don't know. - Baghdad in My Shadow

-So, you think I'm spying? -I don't know.

Martin Hartman, the construction
manager responsible here. Who are you? - Baghdad in My Shadow

Martin Hartman, the construction manager responsible here. W...

Well I'm an architect.
At least I was. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Well I'm an architect. At least I was.

-So how does one look Iraqi?
-Sorry... - Baghdad in My Shadow

-So how does one look Iraqi? -Sorry...

You think all Iraqi women have
pop-eyes like Zaha Hadid? - Baghdad in My Shadow

You think all Iraqi women have pop-eyes like Zaha Hadid?

I'm bit of a dimwit shall we say,
who likes any insight - Baghdad in My Shadow

I'm bit of a dimwit shall we say, who likes any insight

Tell us a bit about
why your nephew - Baghdad in My Shadow

Tell us a bit about why your nephew

Nasseer!
Breakfast is ready. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Nasseer! Breakfast is ready.

As the Prophet instructed:
"Sala Allah Alihi Wa Salam." - Baghdad in My Shadow

As the Prophet instructed: "Sala Allah Alihi Wa Salam.&...

Fritz, fritz, come on doggy.
Come on, there you go! - Baghdad in My Shadow

Fritz, fritz, come on doggy. Come on, there you go!

At mine you get breakfast in bed,
every morning. - Baghdad in My Shadow

At mine you get breakfast in bed, every morning.

-You know I have to stay at the hostel.
-So? - Baghdad in My Shadow

-You know I have to stay at the hostel. -So?

And report to the Refugee
authorities every morning. - Baghdad in My Shadow

And report to the Refugee authorities every morning.

You know, I'm glad you showed up.
Close your eyes. - Baghdad in My Shadow

You know, I'm glad you showed up. Close your eyes.

Once you get asylum - Baghdad in My Shadow

Once you get asylum

"For a Free Country
and Happy People!" - Baghdad in My Shadow

"For a Free Country and Happy People!"

Lame? These days that means:
"old fashioned"! - Baghdad in My Shadow

Lame? These days that means: "old fashioned"!

Are we communists
or fashion designers? - Baghdad in My Shadow

Are we communists or fashion designers?

This reading is very important.
I've invited Maud. - Baghdad in My Shadow

This reading is very important. I've invited Maud.

-Who's Maud?
-Taufiq's girlfriend. - Baghdad in My Shadow

-Who's Maud? -Taufiq's girlfriend.

She's the editor of a respected
publishers: Old Vintage. - Baghdad in My Shadow

She's the editor of a respected publishers: Old Vintage...

-Take care of him.
-What? - Baghdad in My Shadow

-Take care of him. -What?

Dear Zeki, - Baghdad in My Shadow

What's it got to do
with politics? - Baghdad in My Shadow

What's it got to do with politics?

If you deny homosexuality
it becomes political. - Baghdad in My Shadow

If you deny homosexuality it becomes political.

Tell me Zeki: - Baghdad in My Shadow

Nonetheless,
it would help us a lot - Baghdad in My Shadow

Nonetheless, it would help us a lot

If someone makes
an attempt on my life - Baghdad in My Shadow

If someone makes an attempt on my life

Just press this button longer
and harder. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Just press this button longer and harder.

He's a good boy.
Taufiq will take care of him. - Baghdad in My Shadow

He's a good boy. Taufiq will take care of him.

-Thanks for the delicious Qeema.
-You're welcome. - Baghdad in My Shadow

-Thanks for the delicious Qeema. -You're welcome.

You raised him well.
Now look after yourself! - Baghdad in My Shadow

You raised him well. Now look after yourself!

Firstly: I don't need a man
to look after me. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Firstly: I don't need a man to look after me.

Secondly: Why are men
always telling us what to wear? - Baghdad in My Shadow

Secondly: Why are men always telling us what to wear?

Just a thought: - Baghdad in My Shadow

Just a thought:

As I say,
when we were under attack, - Baghdad in My Shadow

As I say, when we were under attack,

I told you before:
I don't eat this meal of infidels. - Baghdad in My Shadow

I told you before: I don't eat this meal of infidels.

Your father didn't think like that
when he married your Shi'ite mother. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Your father didn't think like that when he married your...

People like you help the West
control us with fake ideologies. - Baghdad in My Shadow

People like you help the West control us with fake ideologie...

Why do you want to forbid us
this traditional meal? - Baghdad in My Shadow

Why do you want to forbid us this traditional meal?

What will your friends forbid next? - Baghdad in My Shadow

What will your friends forbid next?

Rituals for Hussayn are heresy
they have nothing to do with Islam! - Baghdad in My Shadow

Rituals for Hussayn are heresy they have nothing to do with ...

But the racist bastards are free. - Baghdad in My Shadow

But the racist bastards are free.

You visited me a couple of times
in the hospital, - Baghdad in My Shadow

You visited me a couple of times in the hospital,

When you were little
I was there. - Baghdad in My Shadow

When you were little I was there.

I looked after you - Baghdad in My Shadow

I looked after you

-How's your Arabic?
-What do you want? - Baghdad in My Shadow

-How's your Arabic? -What do you want?

Remember when you
and your mum first came here? - Baghdad in My Shadow

Remember when you and your mum first came here?

I took you to the Zoo
every weekend. - Baghdad in My Shadow

I took you to the Zoo every weekend.

Your mum said your dad
loved elephants. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Your mum said your dad loved elephants.

Enough now.
What do you want? - Baghdad in My Shadow

Enough now. What do you want?

-Koran?
-Yes. The language is difficult. - Baghdad in My Shadow

-Koran? -Yes. The language is difficult.

We'll read it together, but not here. - Baghdad in My Shadow

We'll read it together, but not here.

In Zeki's café, like the old days. - Baghdad in My Shadow

In Zeki's café, like the old days.

I'll join you at the café,
but only if... - Baghdad in My Shadow

I'll join you at the café, but only if...

If you join me for Friday prayer
at Sheikh Yasin's mosque. - Baghdad in My Shadow

If you join me for Friday prayer at Sheikh Yasin's mosq...

He who can shall marry in order
to satisfy his natural sexual desires. - Baghdad in My Shadow

He who can shall marry in order to satisfy his natural sexua...

He who cannot marry shall fast in
order to contain all sexual orders. - Baghdad in My Shadow

He who cannot marry shall fast in order to contain all sexua...

Seek refuge in Allah from the evils
of this promiscuous society. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Seek refuge in Allah from the evils of this promiscuous soci...

The body of a muslim must remain clean
and these whorey women are unclean. - Baghdad in My Shadow

The body of a muslim must remain clean and these whorey wome...

Not worthy of you, - Baghdad in My Shadow

Not worthy of you,

Homosexuality is a sin
in Sharia Law - Baghdad in My Shadow

Homosexuality is a sin in Sharia Law

Do you think that's enough to explain
why a kid joined a radical group? - Baghdad in My Shadow

Do you think that's enough to explain why a kid joined ...

I am wondering how come you
never join our prayer services? - Baghdad in My Shadow

I am wondering how come you never join our prayer services?

Nasseer told me that you carry
doubt in your heart. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Nasseer told me that you carry doubt in your heart.

Just as the Koran states: - Baghdad in My Shadow

Just as the Koran states:

The Chapter of the Cow,
verse 55? - Baghdad in My Shadow

The Chapter of the Cow, verse 55?

I told you, Sheikh, he knows
the whole Koran off by heart. - Baghdad in My Shadow

I told you, Sheikh, he knows the whole Koran off by heart.

If it rattles like that
it means the drive - Baghdad in My Shadow

If it rattles like that it means the drive

Unfortunately, not enough.
But I know someone who can fix it. - Baghdad in My Shadow

Unfortunately, not enough. But I know someone who can fix it...

-We're not in Baghdad.
-I need the work they find me. - Baghdad in My Shadow

-We're not in Baghdad. -I need the work they find me.

This Yasin is a psychopath - Baghdad in My Shadow

This Yasin is a psychopath

-And the tree?
-The meeting won't wait. - Baghdad in My Shadow

-And the tree? -The meeting won't wait.

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"Abu Nawas" is a trendy café and popular hangout for artists, communists and gay Iraqi exiles in London, it's close to the Salafist Mosque. When Nasseer, a fanatic religious youth and nephew of poet Taufiq, attacks his uncle's fri...

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Director: Samir

Writer: Samir, Furat al Jamil

Production: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion,Coin Film,Ipso Facto Productions

Genre: drama, thriller

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 30 Sep 2021

Awards: 3 wins & 3 nominations

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