The Agony of People

Sulaymaniah, Iraqi Kurdistan, in the 1940s. When his wife Kaleh goes into labor, her husband Jwamer runs to get the midwife. By ill luck, he runs into the middle of a political demonstration and is seriously wounded and arrested by mistake as the ringleader. After a rigged trial, Jwamer is sentenced to ten years in prison. He serves his sentence and, as soon as he is set free, goes in search of his wife and child.

• Release date
• July 22, 2007
• Runtime
• 101 min
• Genres
• Drama, History
• Director
• Jamil Rostami

Cast

Nzar Salami Jwanmer Abdul Hama Jwan Government Agent

A

Aso Omar Swara Lawa

B

Behadin Halabcheie

R

Renas Wria Kale Zhyan Ibrahim Khayat Jwanmer's Mother

Z

Zamwa Zahir Rebwar

A

Abdulla Xayat Arif