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Nowhere to Hide

  • 2016
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
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Nowhere to Hide (2016)
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DocumentaryWar

"Nowhere to Hide" follows a man - the medic and father Nori Sharif - through 5 years of dramatic change in the war-torn Diyala-province; one of the most dangerous provinces in the middle of ... Read all"Nowhere to Hide" follows a man - the medic and father Nori Sharif - through 5 years of dramatic change in the war-torn Diyala-province; one of the most dangerous provinces in the middle of Iraq. From the time of the American retreat to the fall of Nori's home town, we follow him... Read all"Nowhere to Hide" follows a man - the medic and father Nori Sharif - through 5 years of dramatic change in the war-torn Diyala-province; one of the most dangerous provinces in the middle of Iraq. From the time of the American retreat to the fall of Nori's home town, we follow him filming stories of survivors. In a world trapped between ISIS and the different Iraqi Mil... Read all

  • Director
    • Zaradasht Ahmed
  • Writers
    • Zaradasht Ahmed
    • Terje Lind Bjørsvik
  • Stars
    • Abu Fallah
    • Hans Husum
    • Mudhafar
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
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    • Director
      • Zaradasht Ahmed
    • Writers
      • Zaradasht Ahmed
      • Terje Lind Bjørsvik
    • Stars
      • Abu Fallah
      • Hans Husum
      • Mudhafar
    • 3User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Abu Fallah
    • Self - Iraqi war victim
    Hans Husum
    • Self - Norwegian war surgeon and anti-war activist
    Mudhafar
    • Self - War surgeon and anti-war activist
    Nori Sharif
    • Self - Iraqi paramedic
    • Director
      • Zaradasht Ahmed
    • Writers
      • Zaradasht Ahmed
      • Terje Lind Bjørsvik
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    10ecopolst

    As good as it gets

    Nowhere to Hide shows snippets from ordinary life from about 2010 to 2016 in the town of Jalawl some 100 km north east of Baghdad, Iraq. As the war in the area develops we get to see how it affects a family of six, mom, dad and four small kids. Mostly it's dad in the family, Nori Sharif. Doing the recording. The years recorded includes the time when ISIS took control over Jalawl.

    The war scenes are occasionally quite brutal, but not hideous, and give a good feel of what I suspect war really is like. The feeling of authenticity is better in Nowhere to Hide than in any other of the 20 or so documentaries I have seen on the recent wars in the middle east.

    The authenticity is the selling point for Nowhere to Hide, and is there anything mattering more? Everyone needs to realize how awful war is for the civilian population. See this one!
    8jrneptune

    The consequences of War not just the Iraq war

    Totally agree with Ottar FS and this is a movie everyone over 13 should see. Younger if you are mature minded.

    One quote from the movie blew me away: Wars are planned by the elite, the dumb will die in it, and the opportunists benefit from it.
    8otharius-25025

    Important glance behind the curtains of a war-ridden area

    This is not a thorough review, but merely a plea for a larger audience to see this movie. It revolves around the paramedic, Nori, working in the war-ridden province of Diyala, Iraq.

    It is in large filmed by Nori himself, at times with a hand-held camera, and at other times with a mobile phone, and gives a rare insight to the ever deteriorating situation that mares the area.

    Rather than writing anymore about this,I urge you to watch it yourselves, to gain a broader understanding revolving the situation concerning so many refugees today.

    It is truly worth the watch, albeit at times being both graphic and heartbreaking.

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    • Release date
      • June 23, 2017 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Norway
      • Sweden
      • Finland
      • Netherlands
      • United States
      • Iraq
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    • Language
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Ingen utväg
    • Filming locations
      • Iraq
    • Production companies
      • Ten Thousand Images
      • Mantaray Film
      • Pasaremos
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      1 hour 26 minutes
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      • 16:9 HD

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