(It Was) Just a Job
1992
5 min
English
No trailer available
Right after the first Iraq war, the filmmaker visits his family in Iraq. He tries to reconstruct the war from different points of view, all depicted on the same screen at the same time: U.S. airplanes dropping bombs, his parents fixated on the television, and the family welcoming him back.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
Top Crew
Samir Jamal Al Din · Director, Writer
Ronnie Wahli · Editor
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