Crossing the Dust
Directed by Shawkat Amin KorkiA road movie set in Iraq in 2003 during the fall of Saddam. Two Kurds are looking for the parents of a five-year-old boy who has been found in the street in tears. His name is Saddam too. At the same time the boy's parents are looking for him everywhere, worried because of the boy's name which is now taboo. All the attempts of the two Kurds to get rid of the child fail: neither the Americans nor the men of religion at the mosque want him. Little Saddam begins to become a real problem. In the streets and all around them, they are surrounded by the chaos and crazy atmosphere of those days, with violence always on the verge of exploding.
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Crossing the Dust was released on 1 december 2006.
Crossing the Dust was directed by Shawkat Amin Korki.
Crossing the Dust has a runtime of 73m.
Crossing the Dust was produced by Shawkat Amin Korki, Hassan Ali, Mansur Tural.
A road movie set in Iraq in 2003 during the fall of Saddam. Two Kurds are looking for the parents of a five-year-old boy who has been found in the street in tears. His name is Saddam too. At the same time the boy's parents are looking for him everywhere, worried because of the boy's name which is now taboo. All the attempts of the two Kurds to get rid of the child fail: neither the Americans nor the men of religion at the mosque want him. Little Saddam begins to become a real problem. In the streets and all around them, they are surrounded by the chaos and crazy atmosphere of those days, with violence always on the verge of exploding.
The key characters in Crossing the Dust are Rashid (Adil Abdulrahman), Ahlam Najat, Saddam (Lost Child) (Aba Rash).
Crossing the Dust is a Drama, Krig film.
Crossing the Dust has an audience rating of 10 out of 10.
Crossing the Dust has made 1 928 US$ at the box office.