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Peshmerga

From July to December 2015, with a camera team in tow, Bernard-Henri Lévy journeyed 1,000 km along the frontline separating Iraqi Kurdistan from Islamic State troops. The journey resulted in an illustrated logbook offering a special insight into an unfinished war with a global impact. Alongside the Peshmergas – Kurdish fighters imbued with a spirit of unfailing determination in their fight against obscurantism and jihadism, the film takes us from the heights of Mosul to the heart of the Sinjar mountains, passing the last Christian monasteries threatened with destruction along the way. A tale peopled by real characters, men and women whose faces are rarely seen...

Top Cast

  • Bernard-Henri Lévy

    Bernard-Henri Lévy

    Self

  • Araz Abdulkhadr

    Araz Abdulkhadr

    Peshmerga

  • Bakhtiyar Muhammad

    Bakhtiyar Muhammad

    Peshmerga

  • Ameed Bahram

    Ameed Bahram

    Peshmerga

  • Mike Barzani

    Mike Barzani

    Peshmerga

  • Sirwan Barzani

    Sirwan Barzani

    Peshmerga

  • Ahmed Gardi

    Ahmed Gardi

    Peshmerga

  • Maghdid Harki

    Maghdid Harki

    Peshmerga

  • Sheikh Jafar

    Sheikh Jafar

    Peshmerga

Overview

From July to December 2015, with a camera team in tow, Bernard-Henri Lévy journeyed 1,000 km along the frontline separating Iraqi Kurdistan from Islamic State troops. The journey resulted in an illustrated logbook offering a special insight into an unfinished war with a global impact. Alongside the Peshmergas – Kurdish fighters imbued with a spirit of unfailing determination in their fight against obscurantism and jihadism, the film takes us from the heights of Mosul to the heart of the Sinjar mountains, passing the last Christian monasteries threatened with destruction along the way. A tale peopled by real characters, men and women whose faces are rarely seen...

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