Jiyan
Sign in to saveJiyan (Life in Kurdish) is a 2001 film written and directed by the Kurdish director Jano Rosebiani.
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8.0"Jiyan" takes place in Halabja about five years after Saddam's infamous chemical attack in 1988. Diyari (Kurdo Galali) has come from his new homeland, America, to put up a badly needed new orphanage. As construction proceeds, he gradually becomes acquainted with the tragic individual stories of the survivors. Prime among these is orphan girl Jiyan (Pirsheng Berzinji), and her lively young cousin Sherko (Choman Hawrami). Although he seems to fit right into life in this impoverished town, Diyari can hardly absorb the catastrophe that hit there, nor can he accept the level of injury that he encounters. When the orphanage is ready, Diyari says his goodbyes, plunging Jiyan back into quiet despair.
Released: 2001-04-1293 minDir: Jano RosebianiDrama, Romance, War, History
Cast
- Kurdo Galali as Diyari
- Pirshang Berzinji as Jiyan
- Choman Hawrami as Sherko
- Enwer Shexani as Salar
- Derya Qadir as Tavga
- Rubar Ehmed as Jala
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 2002
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Kurdish
- Director
- Jano Rosebiani
- Screenwriter
- Jano Rosebiani
- Producer
- Jano Rosebiani
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Jiyan (Life in Kurdish) is a 2001 film written and directed by the Kurdish director Jano Rosebiani.
==Plot== Diyar, a Kurdish-American returns to his hometown of Halabja, to build an orphanage five years after the chemical bombing. There, he meets Jiyan and Şêrko, orphan survivors of the attack. During his stay in the town, Diyar brings a short lived spark of hope and happiness to the children's lives, and as he leaves, the orphans go back to their lonely lives. Diyar leaves tearful Jiyan at the place where they met first: on a swing under a lonely tree on a small hill.