The First Movie

2009

Documentary

Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 64%
IMDb Rating 7.3 10 216

Plot summary



March 30, 2023 at 04:31 AM

Director

Mark Cousins

Top cast

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514.21 MB
1280*720
Multiple languages 2.0
NR
30 fps
12 hr 55 min
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952.72 MB
1920*1080
Multiple languages 2.0
NR
30 fps
12 hr 55 min
P/S ...

Movie Reviews

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Reviewed by costeris35 10 / 10

Beautiful, moving and a completely new image of the world

One of the most beautiful and moving works of art I have ever seen. The movie shows a small village in Irak where the filmmaker shows the children classic movies for children and then gives the children camera's to film their own lives and their own stories. The life of the village, its past and dreams all come out through the eyes of its children. It leaves you with the knowledge that though its horrors are very visible even in this out of the way place Iraq is beautiful, its children are wise and funny and that the visual of men gathered in a mosque can be a sight of pleasant community life, of softness and safety, and if that isn't a reversal of expectation nothing is.

Reviewed by schanen 10 / 10

Just brilliant on all fronts

This movie played at the Telluride Film festival (2010) and I was fortunate to see it there. It has haunted me since I saw it- it is beautifully done, meaningful and truly a piece of art. It is masterfully directed and narrated and provides a unique view of Iraq, artfully illustrating the humanity of a part of the world that we hear portrayed so negatively in the news media. Everyone should see this movie- literally everyone. It was a consensus among the Telluride crowd that this movie ranked in the top movies to see at the festival. I certainly ranked it as the best film I saw there, and I saw several great films. None touched me like this one.

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