At the end of the Venice Film Festival world premiere of Matthew Michael Carnahan’s Mosul, the men of the cast embraced one another. As a packed Sala Grande began a seven-minute standing ovation for the movie, the cast members stood to soak in their moment. In the row behind them, producers Joe and Anthony Russo, who had developed the original New Yorker article on which the film is based, snapped a photo of the emotional scene in front of them. It was “electric”, Joe Russo said later. “They were sobbing. And so was I. It was a beautiful moment.”
In the middle of the throng was Suhail Dabbach, the Iraqi actor whose history with his home country’s political strife made Mosul all the more personal. It is felt in his performance in the movie, as Colonel Jasem, the leader of a band of Iraqi Swat policemen who take the fight against Isis personally,...
In the middle of the throng was Suhail Dabbach, the Iraqi actor whose history with his home country’s political strife made Mosul all the more personal. It is felt in his performance in the movie, as Colonel Jasem, the leader of a band of Iraqi Swat policemen who take the fight against Isis personally,...
- 9/7/2019
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
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