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Synopsis
In February 2002 — about a year before the U.S. invasion — Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel traveled home from France to capture everyday life as his country prepared for war. He concentrated on family and friends, including his 12-year-old nephew, Haider, as they went about their daily lives, which had come to include planning for shortages of food, water and power. No strangers to war, the Iraqis thought they understood what was coming, and could even manage to be grimly humorous about what they felt would likely be a major and lengthy inconvenience. And then, the war began. When Fahdel resumed filming in 2003, two weeks after the invasion, daily activities have come to a near standstill, the city is overrun with foreign soldiers, and many areas of Baghdad had been closed off to ordinary citizens. Iraqis endure, seemingly as unwitting as Americans themselves about what further tragedy awaits.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $560 (22.5% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 4.45 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/1 max. theaters, 1.0 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $3,094 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 18,201-18,300) | 18,260 | $2,491 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 38,201-38,300) | 38,259 | $2,491 |
| All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 9,001-9,100) | 9,089 | $2,491 |
See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | October 6th, 2016 (Limited) by Kino Lorber |
| MPAA Rating: | NC-17 |
| Running Time: | 334 minutes |
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| Keywords: | 2000s, Iraq War, War, Set in Iraq |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Stalker Productions |
| Production Countries: | France, Iraq |
| Languages: | Arabic |