BAGHDAD MESSI

By Sahim Omar KALIFA

FLANDERS IMAGE - as FIN / PROMO

Drama - Completed 2023

In war-torn Iraq, a football-mad boy dreams of becoming the next Lionel Messi.

    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sahim Omar KALIFA
    • Writer(s)
    • Kobe VAN STEENBERGHE
    • Producer(s)
    • Hendrik VERTHÉ (A Team Productions), Katrien HENDRICKX (A Team Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • Iraq. Eleven-year-old Hamoudi lives for football and his dream of being as good as his football hero, Messi. One day, when he is unintentionally involved in an attack, he wakes up in hospital with only one leg. While his parents do everything to keep the family safe, Hamoudi fights to achieve his dream, in spite of everything.