Synopsis
Two stories separated by 1400 years. After losing his mother in the midst of a war-torn country, an Iraqi child learns the importance and power of patience by discovering the historical story of Lady Fatima and her suffering.
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Cast
- Ray FearonAbu Bakr
- Yasmin MwanzaFidda
- Lucas BondJamal
- Christopher Sciueref
- Oscar SalemRaed
- Chris JarmanBilal
- Matthew BrenherMukhayreeq
- Mark Anthony Brighton
- Gabriel CartradeLaith Lanrawi
- Albane CourtoisFatima Lanrawi
Recommendations
- 60
The Irish Times
It is made with respect. It has educational value. But the film-makers, working with a modest budget, have made sure to include much head-splitting action. - 50
Movie Nation
With scores of faith-based films about Christianity hitting movie screens every year, the sheer novelty of The Lady of Heaven makes it worth seeing, just as background on a religion most of us know very little about. That’s where the film excels, even if the many obstacles the production had to get around distracted one and all to the extent that they somewhat botched the messaging. - 40
The New York Times
The film runs through plot points in appropriately spectacular, if mechanical, fashion. A shoddy script and an overwhelming reliance on clichés, however, make this would-be blockbuster feel incredibly cheap. - 40
The Guardian
For a film that aims to promote religious diversity and freedom of thought, its metronomic alternation between time frames, narrative slavishness and laughable coda have a suffocating sense of orthodoxy.
