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People of the Book
A sweeping, somber tapestry that asks you to hold centuries in your head while it quietly builds toward endurance and hope.
- Directed by
- Michael Haussman
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Starring
- Ziad Bakri, Rania Ben Fattoum, Ankido Hussen
- Overview
- Tracks the creation and survival of a sacred religious artifact across 500 years, weaving back and forth between a series of interconnected chapters that span across several centuries and countries including pre and post inquisition Spain, 17th-century Venice, Nazi-occupied Bosnia, and a contemporary narrative focusing on an Iraqi refugee family’s harrowing escape journey from ISIS held Mosul to safety in Europe.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Faith, survival, memory, war
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Michael Haussman
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Starring
- Ziad Bakri, Rania Ben Fattoum, Ankido Hussen
