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Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan (1998)

Kurdish expert Hiner Saleem (Shero) wrote and directed this French comedy-drama, set inside the 100,000-population Kurdish community in Paris. The original French title translates as "Long Live the Bride...and the Liberation of Kurdistan." Cheto (Georges Corraface) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiner Saleem
CAST:  Georges Corraface  •  Marina Kobakhidze  •  Rona Hartner  •  Schahla Aalam

Kurdish expert Hiner Saleem (Shero) wrote and directed this French comedy-drama, set inside the 100,000-population Kurdish community in Paris. The original French title translates as "Long Live the Bride...and the Liberation of Kurdistan." Cheto (Georges Corraface) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiner Saleem
CAST:  Georges Corraface  •  Marina Kobakhidze  •  Rona Hartner  •  Schahla Aalam

Mondo (1995)

Mondo, a young orphaned gypsy, finds himself in France, where he scouts out potential foster families, evades the police and meets an assortment of eccentric people. In his travels, Mondo first encounters a magician who takes on the boy as an assistant. Then he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Gatlif
CAST:  Ovidiu Balan  •  Philippe Petit  •  Pierrette Fesch  •  Schahla Aalam

Mondo, a young orphaned gypsy, finds himself in France, where he scouts out potential foster families, evades the police and meets an assortment of eccentric people. In his travels, Mondo first encounters a magician who takes on the boy as an assistant. Then he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Gatlif
CAST:  Ovidiu Balan  •  Philippe Petit  •  Pierrette Fesch  •  Schahla Aalam