Cannes Film Festival May 12 Report: Visions of War in Iraq

War in Iraq is certainly a hot topic these days. Director Hiner Saleem's, "Kilometre Zero," delves into the life of a young father and husband who is forced to join Saddam Hussein's army. The film chronicles the Iraq-Iran war, and the man's desperate attempts to return home. Here is an extract of dialogue from the movie:
DRIVER: Don't you like Arabs?
AKO: And you, you don't like Kurds?
DRIVER: We could talk about Arab-Kurdish relationships. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about Arab-Kurdish relationships.
AKO: Go ahead
DRIVER: No, you go first.
AKO: You go.
DRIVER: Say something.
AKO: So?
DRIVER: You talk.
AKO: No, you.
DRIVER: You talk.
AKO: No, you.
DRIVER: No
AKO: No
DRIVER: Enough, enough.
Other films being screened today are:

• BASHING by KOBAYASHI Masahiro (In Competition)
• LEMMING by Dominik MOLL (In Competition) 08:30 (Théâtre Claude Debussy)
• MATCH POINT by Woody ALLEN (Out of Competition)
• DELWENDE by S. Pierre YAMEOGO (Un certain regard)
• HWAL (THE BOW) by Ki-duk KIM (Un certain regard)
• LE FILMEUR by Alain CAVALIER (Un certain regard)
• NORDESTE by Juan SOLANAS (Un certain regard)
• SANGRE by Amat ESCALANTE (Un certain regard)
• CHICHI ARIKI (THERE WAS A FATHER) by Yasujiro OZU (Cannes Classics)
• PATHER PANCHALI by Satyajit RAY (Cannes Classics)
• SHADOWING THE THIRD MAN by Frederick BAKER (Cannes Classics)

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