Kurdish tragicomedy premieres at Cannes
'Kilometre Zero' portrays a conscript's perspective of the nightmare world of Saddam Hussein
By Ali Jaafar
Special to The Daily Star
Friday, May 20, 2005
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"This is paradise. This is Kurdistan." So says Ako, the central character in Hiner Saleem's eagerly anticipated "Kilometre Zero," making its world premiere in competition at Cannes this week. Opening and ending in 2003 with news of the Iraq war, much of the film's action takes place in 1988, just before the horrific events at Halabja, as Ako, a Kurdish everyman, is reluctantly drafted into the Iraqi army to fight against the Iranians.
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