Kick Off

Kick Off — Plot

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.

• Release date
• October 10, 2009
• Runtime
• 81 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Shawkat Amin Korki

Kick Off — Cast

Shwan Attoof Aso Omer Chawshin Mam Karim

G

Govar Anwar Sako

R

Rozhan Hama Jaza Helin Salah Shex Mohammedi Mam Majid Zhyan Ibrahim Khayat Helin's Mother

M

Mohammed Hamed Diyar