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Santa Claus in Baghdad (2008)
Directed by Raouf Zaki
Overview
In impoverished Baghdad under Saddam’s dictatorship, 16-year-old Amal hopes to regain her social status at school by volunteering to find a book as a class gift for the departing literature teacher. Meanwhile, her emotionally fragile little brother becomes obsessed with the notion that a visiting uncle from America—whom he confuses with Santa Claus—will bring him toys. Ashamed never to have been able to give his son a toy, the child’s father sells some more prized family possessions and buys a model car for him.
Actors
Tamara Dhia | Nora Armani | Demosthenes Chrysan | May Calamawy | John Rahal Sarrouf | Miriam Habib | Alexandra Nader | Ameena Sais | Sara Hassan | Dody Eid | David Zaki | Marie-Thérèse Abou-Daoud | Manny Piatos | Monica Farrington | Nikhail Asnani | Nadia Hassan | Gershon Eigner