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201670 minPGdocumentary

Zemnako

201670 minPGdocumentary

After the 1988 chemical bombardment of Halabja, a young man discovers he was adopted in Iran and seeks his biological family in Kurdistan.

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Mehdi Ghorbanpour

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After the 1988 chemical bombardment of Halabja, a young man discovers he was adopted in Iran and seeks his biological family in Kurdistan.

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Mehdi Ghorbanpourdirector

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A young man learns that he was taken from Halabja, Iraq, after the chemical attack in 1988 and adopted by a woman in Iran. His foster mother, unable to secure an Iranian ID for him, raises him as a single parent. Following her death, he travels to Kurdistan, Iraq, seeking to reconnect with his biological family. The film follows his quest for identity and belonging in the aftermath of conflict.

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