Global Lens Film Screening: ‘Qarantina’ at the High Point Library, Saturday, January 5th, 2–3:30 pm. Join us for a screening of the Iraqi film, “Qarantina.” The film is part of the Global Lens series of award-winning narrative feature films from 10 countries throughout the world. Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome. Registration is not required.

More about the film:

“Qarantina”
A broken family under an incestuous patriarch lives uneasily within the gated courtyard of a dilapidated Baghdad house. The pregnant daughter has fallen silent, finding some protection from the patriarch’s young second wife and his preteen son. Meanwhile, hard up for money, the household must live with a sullen and imperious boarder, a contract killer. In such a house, though, it may be that freedom and safety actually lie beyond the gates.

The film captures contemporary Baghdad’s moody interior and stunned atmosphere, echoed in performances by a cast who suggest unexpected resilience in the wake of catastrophe.

Director: Oday Rasheed
Country: Iraq
Language: Arabic, with subtitles in English

Year: 2010
Length: 90 minutes

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