Haifa Street

At a glance

Haifa Street, is a 2019 Iraqi movie, directed by Mohanad Hayal, and starring Ali Thamer, Asaad Abdul Majeed, Iman Abdulhasan, with a runtime of 79 minutes. Content rating: 18.

Overview

Haifa Street is an Iraqi drama film set against the devastating sectarian violence that gripped Baghdad in 2006, with the notorious Haifa Street serving as the film's deadly focal point. Ahmed arrives there by taxi, heading to propose marriage to his beloved Suad, but the moment he steps onto the street he is shot by Salam, a sniper living out his own tortured existence on a nearby rooftop. In a few stark, powerful scenes, the film captures the senseless cost of civil conflict and the way ordinary lives are extinguished by forces beyond individual control. A brief, haunting portrait of war's human toll.

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