The Situation

original title:
The Situation
country / year of production:
USA / 2006
original length:
111 min. , color
premiere:
18 October 2006, Hamptons International Film Festival
genre:
drama
based on:
director:
Philip Haas
film script:
Wendell Steavenson
producer:
Neda Armian
cinematographer:
editor:
Curtiss Clayton
composer:
Jeff Beal
cast (role):
Connie Nielsen (Anna) , Damian Lewis (Dan) , Mido Hamada (Zaid) , John Slattery (Colonel Carrick) , Thomas McCarthy (Major Hanks) , Connie Nielsen , Damian Lewis , Mido Hamada , John Slattery , Thomas McCarthy
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plot synopsis:
An american female journalist covering the fighting in Iraq in 2003 is in an inner conflict because she has a romantic relationship to an Iraqi photographer and an CIA operative. The Iraqi photographer wants to leave Iraq behind and to start a new life in the western world. The CIA operative believes in the future of Iraq. The conflict climaxes as two corpses of Iraqi boys, who were thrown off a bridge by american soldiers, are found.


keywords:
journalism , love in times of war , women during wartime , war correspondent , photo journalist
war:
Third Gulf War (2003)
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