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The Last Postman اخر السعاة

A film by:

Saad El Essamy

Production Year:

2022

Long Film Selection (HelAFF'24)

The Last Postmen
87 min. | IRAQ

Film description:
Film inspired by the story of French postman Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, who spent 33 years building his home and making it an architectural masterpiece.

The Last Postmen revolves around a postman named Ayoub who works in a rural area until he loses his job and becomes unemployed. The events escalate dramatically with a set of knots such as the loss of the main character’s land and a forced trip in search of a new plot of land so that he can build his family a house as Joseph Cheval did. But the wind is running unwillingly…


Directed by Saad Al Essamy from Iraq.
After graduating as a Film Director from Baghdad University in 2009, Saad Al Essamy directs various short films and a long feature film: The Last Postmen (2022).



Screening Time:
Saturday 14 December 2024
12 PM
Free Admission
Location: Kinapori Hall

Helsinki Arab Film Festival 2025 
2nd Edition 
8-13 September 2025

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