Hanging Garden (2022)
- Original title
- جنائن معلقة
- Directed by
- Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Occupied Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- 13+
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young boy works as a garbage collector in Baghdad, trying to find a better life. A strange discovery in a pile of trash forces him to make a difficult choice.
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What happens
Hanging Gardens (Arabic: جنائن معلقة, romanized: Janain mualaqa) is a 2022 drama film directed by Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji who co-wrote the screenplay with Margaret Glover. It is a co-production between Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Kingdom. The film premiered in the Horizons section at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, and was the first Iraqi film ever to be selected by the Venice Festival. It was later awarded best film at the 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival. It was selected as the Iraqi entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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