MPs, has good relations with the Sunni parties, but is hated by the Sadrists, whose militiamen fought his security forces during their rebellion in 2004 and who deride him as Baathist: he was once a member of Mr Hussein's former ruling party.

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Ozon plainly worships the idea of the grand dame, and the movie allows him both to honor and deride his own devotion.

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