The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
Acting
Farrell's haunted, wordless breakdowns hit different
Direction
Tanović balances political rage with intimate grief
Cinematography
Bleached Kurdistan flashbacks vs. claustrophobic Dublin
Director
Danis Tanović
Colin Farrell
Mark Walsh
Paz Vega
Elena Morales
Christopher Lee
Joaquín Morales
Kelly Reilly
Diane
Jamie Sives
David
Branko Đurić
Dr. Talzani
Juliet Stevenson
Amy
Eileen Walsh
Dr. Christopher
Ian McElhinney
Ivan
Nick Dunning
Dr. Hersbach
Mozaffar Shafeie
Talzani's Assitant
Kae Bahar
Wounded Man
Luis Callejo
Pesh Merga Commander
Reece Ritchie
Boy in Beirut
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Scott Anderson's novel, itself drawn from his own war correspondent experiences in Kurdistan. Tanović (No Man's Land) knows this terrain personally.
Christopher Lee's final dramatic role before his death—he plays Elena's grandfather with fragile gravitas, and reportedly chose it specifically to work with Tanović.
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