Santa Claus in Baghdad

Overview

In impoverished Baghdad under Saddam's dictatorship, 16-year-old Amal hopes to regain her social status at school by volunteering to find a book as a class gift for the departing literature teacher. Meanwhile, her emotionally fragile little brother becomes obsessed with the notion that a visiting uncle from America--whom he confuses with Santa Claus--will bring him toys. Ashamed never to have been able to give his son a toy, the child's father sells some more prized family possessions and buys a model car for him.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 9, 2008

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Arabic, English

Cast

Gershon Eigner,May Calamawy,Monica Farrington,Miriam Habib,David Zaki,Demosthenes Chrysan,Tamara Dhia,Nikhail Asnani,Nadia Hassan,Dody Eidand 7 more

Director

Raouf Zaki

Writer

Elsa Marston,Raouf Zaki

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1297459