The Deminer (2018)
The Deminer
In the chaotic aftermath of the fall of Saddam Hussein, Fakhir, a father of eight, is serving in the Iraqi army. All around him, he sees innocent civilians getting injured by landmines, so he determines to disarm them with his own hands, using just a pocketknife and some wire cutters. He clears thousands of roadside bombs, mines and car bombs, knowing that every time he cuts a wire it could cost him his life—which he seems to find less important than the lives of others. In 2014, by this time having lost a leg, he starts working for the Kurdish Peshmerga, disarming boobytraps left behind by Daesh in and around Mosul. An enthusiastic home video maker, Fakhir collects hundreds of hours of footage of his day-to-day work.
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Fakhir Berwari
as Himself
as Himself
Sheyma Ibrahim
as Herself
as Herself
Abdulla Fakhir
as Himself
as Himself
Ghazi Ibrahim
as Himself
as Himself
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Hogir Hirori
Director
Director
Hogir Hirori
Producer
Producer
Hogir Hirori
Editor
Editor
Hogir Hirori
Writer
Writer
Shinwar Kamal
Co-Director
Co-Director
Mohammed Zaki
Music
Music
Antonio Russo Merenda
Producer
Producer
Shinwar Kamal
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Firas Bakrmani
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Erik Vallsten
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
