My Enemy, My Brother

2017
1h 30m

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The true story of 2 enemies from the Iran-Iraq war; one saves the other's life on the battlefield, then they meet again by sheer coincidence 20 years later in Canada. Inspired by their mirac... Read allThe true story of 2 enemies from the Iran-Iraq war; one saves the other's life on the battlefield, then they meet again by sheer coincidence 20 years later in Canada. Inspired by their miraculous reunion, Najah and Zahed face down their fears and post-traumatic stress and head ba... Read allThe true story of 2 enemies from the Iran-Iraq war; one saves the other's life on the battlefield, then they meet again by sheer coincidence 20 years later in Canada. Inspired by their miraculous reunion, Najah and Zahed face down their fears and post-traumatic stress and head back to Iraq and Iran to search for missing loved ones. Their journey takes them into the he... Read all

Director
- Ann Shin

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6.8/10

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Director
- Ann Shin

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- 1 win & 4 nominations

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7/10

Searching for family - the uncertainties of a documentary.

I saw the original short, which was very powerful. So this extended story appears weaker by contrast. The short story was just about the 2 former soldiers on opposite sides of the Iran-Iraq war meeting many years later.

The 2 war veterans now try to find / reunite with their families back in the middle east, with parts of the short pasted in to provide the back story. But this is an ongoing documentary film, not one based on known success, like Lion. Each man has his challenges. The Iranian has legal problems getting home. The Iraqi never formally married his wife, so his son is technically fatherless, and his biological family didn't even know of this relationship. In each case, they got something, but not everything they wanted, out of their quest.

The movie shows the good and bad sides of family relationships, and the bad after-effects of war.