It’s 2002 in Baghdad and all anyone can talk about is the impending U.S. invasion. One Baghdad family prepares for the worst. As their Paris-based relative Abbas Fahdel films, they dig a drinking well in the yard, bake a surplus of dried bread and tape up their windows. But the mood is not always so somber. Say, for instance, when the family’s youngest members all giggle uncontrollably after someone points out how their gas masks resemble diapers. Fahdel filmed his family for months prior to the invasion and then returned shortly after as the occupation began. One tragedy after another strikes, causing Fahdel to sit on the footage for more than a decade before recovering enough balance and perspective to craft a warm, indelible family portrait and a landmark contribution to cinema and history. (CB) Runtime includes intermission.