Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Underexposure (2005)

Underexposure poster
Directed by
Oday Rasheed
Genre
docufiction
Country
Iraq
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fictional Iraqi film crew tries to make a movie during the 2003 invasion and American occupation. They face daily chaos and danger while holding onto their craft.

rawgroundedreflectivetenseslow-burnintimateuncertainresilient

What happens

Underexposure is a 2005 Iraqi film, in the docufiction style, written and directed by Oday Rasheed, produced by Enlil Film and Arts. The story follows a fictional Iraqi film crew, inspired by the actual crew, that struggles with making a film during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent American occupation. It was the first feature film to be shot in Iraq after the beginning of the Iraq War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?