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Kick Off (2009)
Directed by Shawkat Amin Korki
Drama · 1h 21m
Inside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, live many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein's administration. Asu lives with his younger brother who has lost his legs from a landmine. Next door lives Hilin, who has not been able to express her feelings. One of the only sources of happiness for these people who live amid fear of poverty and bombings is soccer. Asu gathers together the Kurdish, Arabs and Turkish in order to hold a soccer match. Although they are of different races, they become close neighbors.
Cast
Shwan Attoof
Omer Chawshin
Salah Shex Mohammedi
Zhyan Ibrahim Khayat
Crew
- Director
- Shawkat Amin Korki
- Writer
- Shawkat Amin Korki
- Original Music Composer
- Mohammad Reza Darvishi
- Editor
- Mastaneh Darvish
- Producer
- Shawkat Amin Korki, Hassan Ali
Details
- Original title
- شوێنێک بۆ یاری
- Release date
- 2009-10-10
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- KU
- Spoken languages
- Kurdish, Arabic
- Countries
- Iraq, Iran, Japan
- Production
- NHK, Narin Film