Crossing the Dust

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The gripping story of two Kurdish soldiers, Asad and Rashid, who celebrate with their comrades the downfall of Saddam on 9th April 2003 before being ordered to take food supplies to another remote part of the country. As they hit the road, they come across a lost 7-year-old arab boy called Saddam crying at the side of a highway. They decide to save him and protect him until they find his parents. In the process one of them gets killed. Crossing the Dust is an absorbing portrait of the societal strains that began to emerge in the aftermath of the quest to topple the Saddam Hussein.

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Original TitleCrossing the Dust
TitleCrossing the Dust
Directed byShawkat Amin Korki
CountryIraq
Year2006
ScreenplayShawkat Amin Korki
Film EditingEbrahim Saeedi
SoundtrackMohammad Reza Darvishi
CinematographyTuraj Aslani
SoundBehroz Shahamat, Mohammad Shahverdi
CostumesFakher Sherwani
Production Design
ProductionArc-en-Ciel Films, Narin Film
FormatsDVD
Runtime73 min.
LanguageKurdisch, Arabisch, Englisch/d oder f
CastAdil Abdolrahman, Ayam Akram, Hossein Hasan, Ahlam Najat, Aba Rash

Credits

Original TitleCrossing the Dust
TitleCrossing the Dust
Directed byShawkat Amin Korki
CountryIraq
Year2006
ScreenplayShawkat Amin Korki
Film EditingEbrahim Saeedi
SoundtrackMohammad Reza Darvishi
CinematographyTuraj Aslani
SoundBehroz Shahamat, Mohammad Shahverdi
CostumesFakher Sherwani
Production Design
ProductionArc-en-Ciel Films, Narin Film
FormatsDVD
Runtime73 min.
LanguageKurdisch, Arabisch, Englisch/d oder f
CastAdil Abdolrahman, Ayam Akram, Hossein Hasan, Ahlam Najat, Aba Rash

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