Exil

Cinema Wednesdays - Loris S. Musumeci

From Baghdad to London. London to Baghdad. Two cities linked by the exile of a group of Iraqis. Exiled for what they are. Exiled for who they are: communists, a divorced architect, a young homosexual computer scientist. They don't fit in, least of all under Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. United in exile, they all meet at the Abu Nawal café. A place where Iraqis, English and all kinds of people meet. A place of tolerance and diversity. In an atmosphere of dolce vita between nostalgia, typical dishes and music from over there. But fanaticism breaks all that. Literally and figuratively.