Parinawa La Ghobar


1h 13m 2007

Brief Synopsis

It is April 9, 2003 and Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad's Fardous Square has just been toppled. Two Kurdish soldiers, Asad and Rashid, celebrate with their comrades before being ordered to take food supplies to another remote part of the country. As they hit the road, they come across a lost five

Film Details

Also Known As
Crossing the Dust, Travers La Poussiere, A
Genre
Drama
Foreign
War
Release Date
2007
Location
Iraq

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 13m

Synopsis

It is April 9, 2003 and Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad's Fardous Square has just been toppled. Two Kurdish soldiers, Asad and Rashid, celebrate with their comrades before being ordered to take food supplies to another remote part of the country. As they hit the road, they come across a lost five-year-old Iraqi boy called Saddam crying at the side of a highway.

Film Details

Also Known As
Crossing the Dust, Travers La Poussiere, A
Genre
Drama
Foreign
War
Release Date
2007
Location
Iraq

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 13m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2007

Released in United States January 2008

Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 3-14, 2008.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Cinema of the World: Time & Tide) January 24-February 4, 2007.

Feature directorial debut for Shawkat Amin Korki.

Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Cinema of the World: Time & Tide) January 24-February 4, 2007.)

Released in United States January 2008 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 3-14, 2008.)