Baghdad Messi

IMDb link: 14545954
IMDb rating: 6.7 (238 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Hussein Hassan Ali, Sahim Omar Kalifa
Cast: Atheer Adel, Errol Trotman-Harewood, Zahraa Ghandour, Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah, Safa Najem and others

Release date: 3 Aug 2025
Release year: 2023
Runtime: 88 minutes
Country: Belgium, Iraq, Netherlands
Keywords: football, messi, iraq, boy

Plot:

Baghdad, 2009. Ten-year-old Hamoudi lives for football. During a match with friends, his village is attacked. The boy loses a leg, and his dream of becoming a professional player. Despite the guilt felt by his parents, and his inability to play, Hamoudi tries to keep his passion for football alive in this war-torn country.

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