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. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.4/10 | |
Released: | December 1, 2016 | |
Runtime: | 39 min | |
Genres: | Drama Family Short | |
Cast: | Nora Armani May Calamawy Tamara Dhia Demosthenes Chrysan | |
Crew: | Elsa Marston Raouf Zaki | |
GeminiSaga : I had this show on cassette tape when it came out, I played the hell out of it.