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The story of four Baghdadi-Jews, all former members of the Iraqi Communist Party during the 1940s and 1950s. The four elderly protagonists are Israeli citizens at the time of filming, having fled Iraq in the 1950s within the context of escalating Israeli-Arab confrontation and the high tide of Arab nationalism. Fleeing to Israel was hardly a solution for their Jewish-Arab dilemma. As the film description puts it, “Jews in Baghdad and Arabs in Israel,” the divided identities and confusion of these four men’s lives complicate our understanding of identities, migration, and political belonging. This film won the Critics

’ Week Award at Locarno International Film Festival.