Son of Babylon. Genre: Drama, War. Director: Mohamed Al Daradji. Cast: Shazada Hussein, Yasser Talib, Bashir Al Majid, Salih Abdul Rahman Farhad, Kefaya Dakhee Kareem. Release Date: 2009-05-01. Runtime: 100 minutes. Rating: 7.3/10. A willful young boy follows his just and obstinate grandmother on a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.