Santa Claus in Baghdad

0.0 2008 39 min

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 emoti…

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Director
Raouf Zaki
Writers
Raouf Zaki, Elsa Marston

Cast

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Tamara Dhia Amal
Nora Armani Amal's Mother
Demosthenes Chrysan Amal's Father
May Calamawy Hala (as May El Calamawy)
John Rahal Sarrouf Mr. Kareem
Miriam Habib Student 1
Alexandra Nader Student 2
Ameena Sais Rafeeka
Sara Hassan Deena
Dody Eid Bilal
David Zaki Sami
Marie-Thérèse Abou-Daoud Bilal's Teacher
Manny Piatos Uncle Omar
Monica Farrington Fareeda
Nikhail Asnani Fareeda's Son
Nadia Hassan Fareeda's Daughter
Gershon Eigner Book Merchant

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