Switzerland / Germany / UK,
2019, 109 min
(Alternative: 103 min)
Directed by:
SamirScreenplay:
SamirCast:
Kerry Fox, Ken Bones, Daniel Adegboyega, Hazel O'Connor, Maxim Mehmet, Helen Bradbury, Shervin Alenabi, Christian Skibinski, Farid Elouardi, Zahraa Ghandour (more)Plots(1)
A failed author, a wife in hiding, a clandestine gay IT-specialist meet in an Iraqi café in London. Incited by a radical Sheik, the author’s nephew attacks them and turns their lives upside down. (Locarno Festival)
Cast
![Kerry Fox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/116/167116559_6a5ddf.jpg)
Kerry Fox
New Zealand
Best movies:
An Angel at My Table (1990)
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Shallow Grave (1994)
![Ken Bones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619238_f5b5ae.jpg)
Ken Bones
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997) (series)
Daniel Adegboyega
Best movies:
Skyfall (2012)
Grace (2021) (series)
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
Hazel O'Connor
UK
Best movies:
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
![Maxim Mehmet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/506/168506094_va3klu.jpg)
Maxim Mehmet
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Heidi (2015)
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
Helen Bradbury
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Paradise (2012) (series)
The Outcast (2015) (series)
Shervin Alenabi
Iran
Best movies:
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
The Persian Version (2023)
Christian Skibinski
Best movies:
55 Steps (2017)
How About Adolf? (2018)
Center of My World (2016)
![Farid Elouardi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/517/160517832_c41b9c.png)
Farid Elouardi
Best movies:
A Prophet (2009)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
![Zahraa Ghandour](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/045/163045906_de3bff.jpg)
Zahraa Ghandour
Best movies:
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
![Kae Bahar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/333/161333045_05ebe1.jpg)
Kae Bahar
Best movies:
Welcome (2009)
Brothers (2004)
Shell Shock (2009)
Haitham Ali
Best movies:
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
Waseem Abbas
UK
Best movies:
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
The Wolfman (2010)
Ali Daim Mailiki
Best movies:
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019)
Thomas Städeli
Best movies:
Youth (2015)
Private Banking (2017) (TV movie)
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)