Synopsis
Samir Peter, once Iraq’s most famous pianist, now plays in a halfempty hotel bar to contractors, mercenaries and besieged journalists. He sleeps in a bricked up hotel room, too afraid to cross town to his 7 bedroom mansion. But when Samir has a visa to live in America, to find fame and fortune there, Sahar, his daughter who hates America for what it has done to her country refuses to go. Over 8 months of filming the violence escalates out of control, kidnapping is rife and Samir’s neighbour is murdered on her doorstep. Will Samir now sacrifice his American dream and safety for the sake of his family left in lawless Iraq?