Who's Responsible?

At a glance

Who's Responsible?, is a 1957 Iraqi movie, directed by Abdel-Jabar Wali, and starring Nahida Alramaah, Sami Abdul Hameed, Fakhri Alzubaidy. with a runtime of 90 minutes.

Overview

Who's Responsible? is a landmark Iraqi film and the country's first cinematic work influenced by the Italian Neorealism movement, a school of filmmaking that rooted its stories in the lives of the poor and the working class. The film follows a devoted husband who rushes his ailing wife to the hospital late at night, desperate for urgent medical care. When the on-call doctor refuses to help, the husband's grief and exhaustion tip into uncontrollable rage, culminating in a tragic confrontation that ends in the doctor's death. The film is a searing social critique of a healthcare system that fails the vulnerable, and a powerful portrait of despair pushed past its limits — a historic milestone of Iraqi and Arab cinema.

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