When Mostafa Zamani speaks English, Arabic: ifilm cut

Mostafa Zamani, who turned into an international heartthrob with ‘Prophet Joseph’, speaks Arabic and English in an ifilm cut from ‘Farewell Baghdad’ movie.

In this anti-war movie set during the 2003 invasion of the Iraqi capital, Zamani plays an Iraqi math teacher who lost his family on the 29 March Baghdad bombings.

Disguised as a woman, he plans to blow himself up at a restaurant on Christmas Day in 2009. There, he suddenly discovers a picture of himself on the wall where everything takes a new turn.

Zamani, a young man of rare, staggering talent, has brought the required amount of breathless desperation to his role as a war-torn Iraqi math teacher who has to tear down his character as the film proceeds — not to mention his adept sense of versatility in speaking Arabic.  

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‘Farewell Baghdad’ by Mehdi Naderi was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.  

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