Film

Baghdad Messi

20231h 28m16Drama

Age rating: 16
Director: Sahim Omar Kalifa
Year: 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.

Top cast

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

Directed by

Sahim Omar Kalifa

Written by

Sahim Omar Kalifa, Kobe van Steenberghe, Ruth Mellaerts

Produced by

Kobe van Steenberghe, Hendrik Verthé