Santa Claus in Baghdad
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Alexandra Nader · Ameena Sais · Demosthenes Chrysan · Dody Eid · John Rahal Sarrouf · May Calamawy · Miriam Habib · Nora Armani · Sara Hassan · Tamara Dhia · Raouf Zaki · Elsa Marston