A Star in the Desert

20202020
15m

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Jamal Mutrahji and Kal Naga in A Star in the Desert (2020)

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In Baghdad in 1990, a boy reacts to an approaching war by escaping underground into his own fantasy world, searching for answers.In Baghdad in 1990, a boy reacts to an approaching war by escaping underground into his own fantasy world, searching for answers.In Baghdad in 1990, a boy reacts to an approaching war by escaping underground into his own fantasy world, searching for answers.

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A dramatic short story of the first day of the bombing of Baghdad from a 7-year Amir's point of view. As Amir retreats into a mixed world of reality and fantasy, he is confronted with dual realities and copes with war through play and imagination. —Yasmeen Turayhi