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Peshmerga

Peshmerga

2016•1h 32m•5.0/10
Documentary

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5.0/10(5)

From July to December 2015, with a camera team in tow, Bernard-Henri Lévy journeyed 1,000 km along the frontline separating Iraqi Kurdistan from Islamic State troops. The journey resulted in an illustrated logbook offering a special insight into an unfinished war with a global impact. Alongside the Peshmergas – Kurdish fighters imbued with a spirit of unfailing determination in their fight against obscurantism and jihadism, the film takes us from the heights of Mosul to the heart of the Sinjar mountains, passing the last Christian monasteries threatened with destruction along the way. A tale peopled by real characters, men and women whose faces are rarely seen...

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Production

Margo Cinéma, Canal+, ARTE France Cinéma

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Bernard-Henri Lévy

Bernard-Henri Lévy

Self

Araz Abdulkhadr

Peshmerga

Bakhtiyar Muhammad

Peshmerga

Ameed Bahram

Peshmerga

Mike Barzani

Peshmerga

Sirwan Barzani

Peshmerga

Ahmed Gardi

Peshmerga

Maghdid Harki

Peshmerga

Sheikh Jafar

Peshmerga

Kemal Kirkuki

Peshmerga

Sabah Zangana

Peshmerga

Général Harass

Peshmerga

Shwan Muhammad Gharib

Peshmerga

Hussein Yazdanpanah

Peshmerga

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