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KILOMETRE ZERO

By Hiner SALEEM

MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2005

- Year of production
- 2005
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Countries
- FRANCE, KURDISTAN
- Languages
- KURDISH, ARABIC
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Hiner SALEEM
- Writer(s)
- Hiner SALEEM
- Cast
- Nazmi KIRIK, Eyam EKREM, Belcim BILGIN
- Producer(s)
- Emilie GEORGES (La Cinefacture), Alexandre MALLET-GUY (Memento Films Productions), Hiner SALEEM (Hiner Saleem Productions)
- Synopsis
- Iraq, 1988. Young husband and father Ako is forced to join Saddam Hussein's army. The unwilling soldier dreams of fleeing the country, but his wife Selma refuses to leave while her old bedridden father is still alive. Ako is sent away to the frontline of the Iran-Iraq War, where he experiences not only the reality of war, but also abuse due to his Kurdish background. The desperate man considers drastic measures for a fast ticket home. Ako thinks it's his lucky day when he receives orders to escort the return of a fellow soldier's corpse to his family. But his driver turns out to be an anti-Kurd Arab. With flag-wrapped coffin in tow, the mismatched duo prepares for an unexpected voyage across the majestic Iraqi landscape. Ako won't miss his chance to trick the driver into heading north toward the Kurdistan region...
- Partners & financing
- A production of La Cinefacture, Memento Films Productiona and Hiner Saleem Productions.
  With the support of Regional Government of Kurdish Iraq.
  With the participation of Fonds Sud Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Communication, CNC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, TV5 World, YLE, Kurdistan TV.
- Beginning of shooting
- Jan 01, 2005