Our River... Our Sky

In a typically mixed Baghdadi neighbourhood in 2006, a community of ordinary people try to live their everyday lives amidst the threat of unpredictable violence. At the heart of these intersecting stories we find Sara, a single mother and novelist, who regains her will to write after witnessing the forced exile of her Christian neighbour and best friend Sabiha. With the news of Saddam Hussein's sudden execution shortly before the New Year, Sara and her neighbours brace themselves for an uncertain future. Yet, like a miracle, each is able to sustain a fragile sense of hope.

Cast

Darina Al Joundi

Sara

Basim Hajar

Kamal

Amed Hashimi

Yahya

Meriam Abbas

Dijla

Zaydun Khalaf

Kareem

Labwa Arab

Mona

Ali El Kareem

Boatman

Zainab Al-Ghanimi

Reema

Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas

Abu Haider

Badia Obaid

Sabiha