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Mesocafé

  • October 2011
  • 1hr

    44mins

  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Ja'far 'Abd Al-Hamid,

    Paul Hills,

    Starring

    Nasri Sayegh,

    Daphne Alexander,

    Houda Echouafni,

    Andy Lucas

    ...

    A few weeks before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an underground blogger risks his life by travelling from Baghdad to London to campaign for the lifting of UN Sanctions on Iraq. As political intrigue thwarts his heartfelt attempts to highlight the suffering of his people under the sanctions, he takes refuge at Mesocafé, a little Baghdad in West London. With their Arab, Assyrian, Jewish and Kurdish heritage, members of the Iraqi community allow him into their lives, sharing with him their stories and dreams. It is here that he meets the beautiful Bisan.