Mesopotamia

The incredible yet completely real story of Gertrude Bell – a spy, writer, traveler, and archaeologist, as well as – a woman who shaped the politics of the Middle East and laid the foundations for the creation of the state of Iraq in the magnificent historical novel "Mesopotamia" by bestselling author Olivier Guez!

A girl from a wealthy family, an adventurer, an archaeologist, a spy speaking Arabic and Persian, Gertrude Bell made a political career in the early 20th century that women, and even men, dared not dream of. The film about her was called "Queen of the Desert" by Werner Herzog, and this is very accurate: Gertrude shaped the history of the Middle East, an ancient land coveted by all powerful empires of the time.

Olivier Guez presents Gertrude primarily as a human being, with all her weaknesses and dramas. Kings and presidents bowed before her, she was friends with Lawrence of Arabia, but she was never happy. Could such a strong woman ever have what is called "female happiness"?