People of the Book

Overview

Tracks the creation and survival of a sacred religious artifact across 500 years, weaving back and forth between a series of interconnected chapters that span across several centuries and countries including pre and post inquisition Spain, 17th-century Venice, Nazi-occupied Bosnia, and a contemporary narrative focusing on an Iraqi refugee family’s harrowing escape journey from ISIS held Mosul to safety in Europe.

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Cast

Ziad Bakri

Rania Ben Fattoum

Ankido Hussen

Misha

Luca Ferrini

Giorgia Sinicorni

Pasquale Esposito

José Luis Ferrer

Albert López-Murtra

Nethanel

Vlasto Peyitch

Mr Boscovic

Basel Osman

Refugee