A Silent Traveler

A Silent Traveler (1993)

17/11/1993
Drama, History
1h 32m

Overview

Debuting Iraq-born, Netherlands-based writer/director Ibrahim Selman starts out on docu ground, with a voiceover explaining his objectives and the film’s stand-in location, and recalling Kurdistan before the advent of war. He then shifts into narrative mode, with glimpses of life in a mountain village caught in the conflict between Iraqi military authorities and peshmergas (guerrilla freedom fighters).

  • Ibrahim SelmanDirector, Screenplay
  • Rolf OrthelScreenplay
  • Hugo HeinenScreenplay
  • Original Title

    De zwijgende reiziger

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Kurdish