Zero Kilometer ( Kurd. Sifir Kîlometre ) is a film by Iraqi director of Kurdish origin Hiner Salim , filmed in 2005 . The first Iraqi film to take part in the Cannes Film Festival .
| Zero kilometer | |
|---|---|
| Sifir kîlometer | |
 | |
| Genre | Tragicomedy |
| Producer | Hiner Salim |
| Producer | |
| Author script | |
| In the main cast | Nazmi Kirik Ayam Ekrem Belsim Biljin |
| Operator | |
| Duration | 91 minutes |
| A country |  Iraq |
| Tongue | , and |
| Year | 2005 |
| IMDb | ID 459668 |
Content
Story
The action takes place in 1988 in the last weeks of the Iran-Iraq war . Ako, a Kurdish -born Iraqi army soldier, dreams of fleeing the country, but his wife, Selma, refuses to leave her feeble father bedridden. Ako is sent to the front line, where he gets acquainted with the harsh realism of front-line everyday life. One day he has a chance to leave the front to deliver the body of his murdered comrade to relatives. Ako, eager to return home, and the Arab chauffeur, who hates the Kurds, set off in a car with a coffin on the roof for a long joint journey through the Iraqi lands scorched by war.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Nazmi Kirik | Ako |
| Ayam Ekrem | Chauffeur |
| Belsim Biljin | Selma |
| Ahmed Keladizeni | Seven |
| Nezar Selami | Ednen |
Rewards
- Cannes Film Festival, France , 2005 - Nominated for the Golden Palm Branch Prize.
- Valladolid Film Festival, Spain , 2005 - Nomination for the Golden Ear.
Links
- Zero Kilometer on the Internet Movie Database
- "Zero kilometer" on the website of the channel " Culture "