Ones To Watch Iraqi Actress Gheed Brings A Sense On Destiny To Cannes Directors Fortnight Debut With Atonement I Fell In Love With The Story

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News Summary

  • Atonement is the first film from American director Reed Van Dyk based on a true story.
  • It features Gheed as Nora, an Iraqi girl who loses her father and two brothers during a friendly-fire incident in Baghdad.
  • Playing opposite her is Boyd Holbrook, who stars as Lou, a u.s. Marine who is later wracked with guilt and decides to reach out.
  • Though she broke through in an Iraqi telenovela, Gheed will go wherever the work takes her.
Gheed an exuberant, intelligent and very funny actress so clearly destined for international fame has, like all the greats, jettisoned her surname.

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