Mesocafe
Synopsis
Yusif is an underground blogger opposing the regime of Saddam Hussain from within Iraq. He arrives in London in February 2003 with a view to helping highlight the brutality of this regime and the painful consequences upon the Iraqi nation of UN imposed economic sanctions. He dreams of a liberated homeland. Yusif's short stay in London brings him into contact with an array of individuals from the vibrant community: There is Zaynab - owner of Mesocafe and purveyor of advice for marriage and love, and for work and business. There is Tawfiq, a young Iraqi refugee spending the little money he has on phone cards calling his wife in Syria; there is Suad, a successful PR executive unable to come to terms with the death of her young husband at the end of the 1991 war; and there is the beautiful Bisan who, in between translating books from Arabic to English, relives her childhood memories Iraq.
Details
- Year
- 2010
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 100 mins
- Format
- Super 16mm
- Director
-
Ja'far 'Abd al-Hamid 1st Feature
- Producer
- Paul Hills
- Co-Producer
- Paul Hills
- Editor
- Schuman Hoque
- Screenwriter
- Ja'far 'Abd al-Hamid
- Director of Photography
- Alessio Valori
- Production Designer
- Daniel Nussbaumer
- Sound
- Axle Cheeng
- Composer
- Natalie Holt
- Principal cast
- Nasri Sayegh, Daphne Alexander, Ahlam 'Arab, Adam Dahrouge, Houda Echouafni, Zain al-Janabi, Khalid Laith, Andy Lucas, Raad Rawi, Kawa Rasul, Julian Boote
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