Based in part on the real-life experiences of journalist Wendell Steavenson during her time in Iraq, Philip Haas' dense, despairing political drama reflects the chaos and tragic incomprehensibility of the current "situation" in a country beset by an increasingly unpopular U.S. occupation and internecine battles between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. While not easy to watch, and at times even harder to follow, Haas' film is an important attempt to accurately capture the confusing reality of contemporary Iraq.
Seven months into her frontline coverage of the messy fallout from the American-led invasion of Iraq, U.S. journalist Anna Molyneux (Connie Nielsen) is no l...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
106 mins