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Kick Off Kirkuk

Kick Off Kirkuk

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 10, 2009

Runtime

1h 21m

Genres

Drama

User Score

61%

Original Title

شوێنێک بۆ یاری

Production Companies

NHK, Narin Film

Director

Shawkat Amin Korki

Description

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.