Crossing the Dust

Overview

A road movie set in Iraq in 2003 during the fall of Saddam. Two Kurds are looking for the parents of a five-year-old boy who has been found in the street in tears. His name is Saddam too. At the same time the boy's parents are looking for him everywhere, worried because of the boy's name which is now taboo. All the attempts of the two Kurds to get rid of the child fail: neither the Americans nor the men of religion at the mosque want him. Little Saddam begins to become a real problem. In the streets and all around them, they are surrounded by the chaos and crazy atmosphere of those days, with violence always on the verge of exploding.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 1, 2006

Original language

Kurdish

Spoken languages

Arabic, English, Kurdish

Countries

France, Iraq

Production

Narin Film,Arc-en-Ciel Films

Cast

Ayam Akram,Adil Abdulrahman,Ahlam Najat,Hussein Hassan Ali,Aba Rash,Rizgar Sedi

Director

Shawkat Amin Korki

Writer

Shawkat Amin Korki

Producer

Mansur Tural,Touraj Aslani,Hassan Ali,Shawkat Amin Korki

Cinematography

Touraj Aslani

Music

Mohammad Reza Darvishi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1058739