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Hanging Gardens
Genres
Drama
Overview
When As’ad, a 12-year-old rubbish picker, adopts an American sex doll from the Baghdad dumps, he crosses into a perilous red zone, finding himself caught in the crossfire between abusive forces of commercialism and fundamentalism in a world where defenders of humanism have lost their power. He embraces the courage it takes to not just survive, but live.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
104 min
Release Date
2022-08-31
Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
7.5
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Wissam Diyaa
Taha
Jawad Al Shakarji
Al Haji
Hussain Muhammad Jalil
As'ad
Akram Mazen Ali
Amir
Karar Shaaban Abdel Sada
Rasul
Ali Farhan
Emad
Mahdi Al Fartousi
Tahseen
Jafer Al Sheikh
American Mister
Israa Adel
Girl Next Door
Vanessa Kanaan
Salwah (voice)
Hassan Hadi
Abu Laith
Wathaq Mahdi Al Lamy
Abu Mustafa
Atia Jbara Al-Darraji
Sheikh
Mustaf Al Tawel
Saif
Abbas ElNoury
Pharmacist
Aala'a Qassem Hashem
Alaa
Mohanad Hassan Al Sudany
Angry Customer
Ali Al Karkhy
Muezzin (voice)
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