Fan CastingGhazi: The Young Lion of Iraq
by Legendary Entertainment, StudioCanal, Participant Media, Focus Features
Story added by kamsismith on November 13, 2024
The film opens in the rugged, vast deserts of the Arabian Peninsula, where Ghazi ibn Faisal, born in Mecca, is raised in a world of tradition and upheaval. The son of the charismatic Faisal I, who won and lost the Kingdom of Syria before being crowned Iraq’s first king, Ghazi comes of age with a sense of destiny and burden. Inheriting the throne of Iraq at only 21, he dreams of a modern Arab kingdom, independent and free from British control.
But the pressures on Ghazi mount rapidly. He faces fierce opposition from British advisers who try to keep Iraq under colonial influence, ambitious local leaders who question his youth, and his inn...read more
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