Kilomètre zéro - Hiner Saleem

Original Title: Kilomètre zéro
Director: Hiner Saleem
Screenwriter: Hiner Saleem
Composer: Nikos KIPOURGOS
Producer/s: Hiner Saleem, Alexandre Mallet-Guy
ilm Editing by: Anna Ruiz
Format:Color/ 35 mm / 1.85 / Dolby SRD / Visa n° 112 666
Nationality :  Iraq-France
Genre : Comedy
Release Date :
Runtime : 2005
Official site : 91 mn
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Synopsis

A story of ethnic conflict between Kurds and Iraqis in the context of the war between Iraq and Iran in the 1980s. The central story of the film is set at a time when Kurds were conscripted to serve in the Iraqi army, where they were brutally abused, as a despised minority in Saddam Hussein's military. Kilometre Zero pairs a Kurdish soldier, under orders to return the body of a dead soldier to his family, with an Iraqi taxi driver who will drive them cross–country to the dead soldier's home. Scenes between the men, in the close quarters of their truck, are interwoven with scenes of often comic incompetence of Iraqi soldiers and officers.

Cast

Nazmi Kirik ..... Ako
Eyam Ekrem ..... Le chauffeur
Belcim Bilgin ..... Selma
Ehmed Qeladizeyi ..... Sami
Nezar Selami ..... Adnan