Baghdad Messi (2023)
The talented Hamoudi is an 11-year-old boy with a passion for soccer and an ultimate dream to one day reach the level of his idol Lionel Messi. The day Hamoudi is caught in a horrific suicide attempt, he wakes up severely injured in a hospital. As his parents struggle to keep the family safe, Hamoudi is determined to fight for his shattered dream.
- Date of release
- 2023-08-03
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Sahim Omar Kalifa
Casting
- Atheer Adel — Kadhim
- Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah — Hamoudi
- Zahraa Ghandour — Salwa
- Safa Najem — Mirjem
- Adil Abdulrahman — Osman
- Hussein Hassan Ali — Bahoz
- Ibrahim Hashim — Yakoub
- Yakob Ferman — Ali
- Younis Ahmed — Jassim
- Errol Trotman-Harewood — Duncan
Interesting facts
Baghdad Messi is a 2023 drama film directed by Sahim Omar Kalifa, with a screenplay by Kobe Van Steenberghe from a story by Kobe Van Steenberghe and Ruth Mallaerts. It is about an Iraqi boy who, after losing his leg in a terrorist attack, fights to continue pursuing his passion for soccer. It is based on the 2012 short film of the same name by the same director. It is a co-production between Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Iraq.
Production
Principal photography took place in 2021 in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq, the same location where the short film was filmed.
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