From Karkheh To Rhine    Film by Ebrahim Hatamikia

FROM KARKHEH TO RHEIN / Az Karkheh ta Rhein
Ebrahim Hatamikia* (writer-director), 1993; 90 minutes
Two years after the Iran-Iraq conflict, Saeed, a victim of chemical warfare, arrives in Germany seeking medical treatment for his badly damaged eyes. There, he is reunited with a sister, now married to a German, whom he hasnít seen for years. The two share a powerful nostalgia for a common past, but the legacy of war threatens yet another separation.