Type:
Feature Film
Director:
Hiner Saleem
Year:
2005
Time:
86 minutes
Produced by:
Emilie Georges, Fabrice Guez, Alexandre Mallet-Guy & Hiner Saleem
Written by:
Hiner Saleem
Edited by:
Anna Ruiz
Language:
In Arabic, French & Kurdish w/ English subtitles
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Nominated! Golden Palm
- Cannes Film Festival, 2005
Nominated! Golden Spike
- Valladolid International Film Festival, 2005
"Eloquent. . . searing. . . powerful!"
- Hollywood Reporter
"Nakedly honest. . . frighteningly well-acted."
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune
"Simple, spare and effective. . . striking, surreal humor."
- Variety
The first Iraqi film to be chosen to compete in the prestigious Palme d'Or competition at Cannes, Kilometre Zero is a darkly funny story about a Kurdish soldier and an Iraqi taxi driver who join together to return the body of a fallen soldier to his family, on the other side of the country.
From the director of the surprise hit Vodka Lemon and featuring Belcim Bilgin, an Elle cover girl in Turkey.
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