Return to the Land of Wonders

Return to the Land of Wonders is a documentary film made almost single-handedly by Maysoon Pachachi in 2003–04.

Return to the Land of Wonders
Directed byMaysoon Pachachi
Produced byMaysoon Pachachi
Narrated byMaysoon Pachachi
CinematographyMaysoon Pachachi
Edited byAnne Even
Maysoon Pachachi
Gary Sims
Distributed byArab Film Distribution
Release date
  • 27 April 2004 (2004-04-27) (U.S.)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryIraq
LanguagesArabic
English
Budget$5,000
Box office$1,338[1]

Pachachi went returned to Iraq after an absence of 30 years when her father, Adnan Pachachi, was appointed to the Iraqi Governing Council in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq. She brought a video camera with her to document conditions in Iraq and her father's participation in the drafting of Iraq's interim constitution.

Reception

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On Metacritic, Return to the Land of Wonders holds a 60 out of a 100 rating based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[2] Bill Gibron of PopMatters gave the film a rating 6 out of 10,[3] while the New York Magazine called it "Absorbing. . . depicts the Iraq situation with a rarely seen degree of complexity".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Return to the Land of Wonders". The Numbers. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Return to the Land of Wonders (2005)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ^ Gibron, Bill (29 November 2005). "Return to the Land of Wonders". PopMatters.
  4. ^ "Return to the Land of Wonders". Arab Film Distribution. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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