Memories on Stone

Memories on Stone

Memories on Stone

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Memories on Stone

2014

1h 37m

6.2(4 votes)

Drama

Overview

Kurdish childhood friends Hussein and Alan want to produce a film about the genocide of Kurdish people in Iraq, the Anfal campaign in 1988. They learn that, to achieve veracity by the means of cinema and to face their own identity, it's worth putting everything on the line - even their own life.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Nazmi Kırık

Nazmi Kırık

Alan

Shima Molaei

Shima Molaei

Sinor

Suat Usta

Suat Usta

Rozh Azad

Hussein Hassan Ali

Hussein Hassan Ali

Hussein

AllahMorad Rashtiani

AllahMorad Rashtiani

The Smuggler

Rekish Shahbaz

Rekish Shahbaz

Bashir

Bangen Ali

Bangen Ali

Hiwa

Salah Shex Mohammedi

Salah Shex Mohammedi

Uncle Hamid

Baroj Akrayi

Salem (DOP)

Adil Abdulrahman

Adil Abdulrahman

Mr. Khalid

Creative team

Directed by: Shawkat Amin Korki
Written by: Shawkat Amin Korki
Mehmet Aktaş
Produced by: Mehmet Aktaş

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