Our War

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Our War
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Directed byBruno Chiaravalloti
Claudio Jampaglia
Benedetta Argentieri
Written byBenedetta Argentieri
Claudio Jampaglia
Release date
  • 2016 (2016)
Countries
  • Italy
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

Our War (Italian : La nostra guerra) is a 2016 Italian-American documentary film directed by Bruno Chiaravalloti, Claudio Jampaglia and Benedetta Argentieri. It premiered out of competition at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. It tells the story of three foreign fighters joining the Kurdish forces to fight Deash. [1] [2]

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