The movie, "Marooned in Iraq" is about a man's search for the women he loved, who happened to leave him for his best friend. He is accompanied by his two sons and they journey across Iraq and Iran to find their father's beloved ex-wife.
Throughout the film, you see homes that have been turned into piles of rubble because of the bombing of Iranian Kurdistan by Saddam Hussein. These destroyed homes are symbols for the families that have been wiped out during Saddam's purging of the Kurds from Iran and Iraq. A heartbreaking example is shown when the father, Mizra, and his two sons, Barat and Audeh, come upon a teacher giving a class to a group of children, who are orphans, in the mountains on the Iran/Iraq border. The teacher is teaching the children about bombs and planes. The teacher explains that the planes are the things that fly overhead with people in them and that they drop the bombs. He then explains to the children that the bombs are the things that caused the houses to be destroyed and death of their parents. The teacher has to link those things together with the destruction of their homes and death of their families. Then the children through paper airplanes into the air over the edge of an outcropping and the sound of warplanes can be heard flying overhead.
This shows that the Kurds are separate from the rest of the people of the Middle East, as they indeed view themselves, and that they are a resilient people. They are determined to keep surviving and living their lives no matter the circumstances. This act shows Saddam that he will never be able to destroy them and that all of his bombing and chemical warfare is futile. They are one people who will help each other through anything and nothing that break that bond. This is a very powerful statement from such a small group of people.
I would recommend this film to anyone who likes to see the "little guy" triumph over the "big guys" in their actions, indirect though they may be. The film may seem slow to an American, but it will sustain your interest.
Throughout the film, you see homes that have been turned into piles of rubble because of the bombing of Iranian Kurdistan by Saddam Hussein. These destroyed homes are symbols for the families that have been wiped out during Saddam's purging of the Kurds from Iran and Iraq. A heartbreaking example is shown when the father, Mizra, and his two sons, Barat and Audeh, come upon a teacher giving a class to a group of children, who are orphans, in the mountains on the Iran/Iraq border. The teacher is teaching the children about bombs and planes. The teacher explains that the planes are the things that fly overhead with people in them and that they drop the bombs. He then explains to the children that the bombs are the things that caused the houses to be destroyed and death of their parents. The teacher has to link those things together with the destruction of their homes and death of their families. Then the children through paper airplanes into the air over the edge of an outcropping and the sound of warplanes can be heard flying overhead.
This shows that the Kurds are separate from the rest of the people of the Middle East, as they indeed view themselves, and that they are a resilient people. They are determined to keep surviving and living their lives no matter the circumstances. This act shows Saddam that he will never be able to destroy them and that all of his bombing and chemical warfare is futile. They are one people who will help each other through anything and nothing that break that bond. This is a very powerful statement from such a small group of people.
I would recommend this film to anyone who likes to see the "little guy" triumph over the "big guys" in their actions, indirect though they may be. The film may seem slow to an American, but it will sustain your interest.