Santa Claus in Baghdad

(2008)

★ 7.6 IMDb · 31 votes

Year: 2008

Runtime: 39 мин

Director: Raouf Zaki

Cast: Tamara Dhia, Nora Armani, Demosthenes Chrysan, Мэй Каламави, John Rahal Sarrouf, Miriam Habib, Alexandra Nader, Ameena Sais, Sara Hassan, Dody Eid

Plot

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 emotionally fragile little brother becomes obsessed with the notion that a visiting uncle from America--whom he confuses with Santa Claus--will bring him toys. Ashamed never to have been able to give his son a toy, the child's father sells some more prized family possessions and buys a model car for him.