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.
| Original Title | Crossing the Dust | ||||||||||
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| German Title | Crossing the Dust | ||||||||||
| French Title | À travers la poussière | ||||||||||
| Other Titles | Crossing the Dust - Parinawa la ghobar | ||||||||||
| Directed by | Shawkat Amin Korki | ||||||||||
| Country | Iraq | ||||||||||
| Available Formats | DVD | ||||||||||
| Screenplay | Shawkat Amin Korki | ||||||||||
| Film Editing | Ebrahim Saeedi | ||||||||||
| Soundtrack | Mohammad Reza Darvishi | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Turaj Aslani | ||||||||||
| Sound | Behroz Shahamat, Mohammad Shahverdi | ||||||||||
| Costumes | Fakher Sherwani | ||||||||||
| Production | Arc-en-Ciel Films, Narin Film | ||||||||||
| Runtime | 73 Min. | ||||||||||
| Language | Kurdisch, Arabisch, Englisch/d oder f | ||||||||||
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