Iraq in the early 1990 was a devastating land to survive in. When we think of Iraq, the first thing that tends to pop into our minds is the war and Saddam Hussein. But there is another side too - it is perhaps the most notorious country in the world and it goes by the name Kurdistan. Welcome to BEKAS. This is a story about two homeless brothers Zana (6) and Dana (10) who live on the edge of survival. In the beginning of the story they catch a glimpse of Superman through a hol... (Full plot summary below)
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Iraq in the early 1990 was a devastating land to survive in. When we think of Iraq, the first thing that tends to pop into our minds is the war and Saddam Hussein. But there is another side too - it is perhaps the most notorious country in the world and it goes by the name Kurdistan. Welcome to BEKAS. This is a story about two homeless brothers Zana (6) and Dana (10) who live on the edge of survival. In the beginning of the story they catch a glimpse of Superman through a hole in the wall at the local cinema. Zana and Dana decide that they want to go to America and live with Superman. Once they get there he can solve all their problems, make their lives easy and punish everyone that has been mean to them. Zana, the younger brother, starts to make a list of all people he is going to tell Superman to punish. On top of the list is Saddam Hussein. Dana on the other hand makes a concrete plan for what they need to get there; money, passports, transportation and a way to get across the border. Unfortunately they have neither of those. But in spite of everything they decide to follow the dream.
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| User ReviewCarlo CMagnífica historia sobre el sueño de dos niños por cumplir "el sueño americano". Ahora, el contexto es Irak en 1990 en tiempos de la guerra del golfo, lo que ya dice bastante sobre el desarrollo de esta historia que te conmoverá, te hará reír, llorar y al final sonreír, a pesar de todo. Imperdible. |
| User ReviewCheewai LA superb film on 2 orphaned brothers made in Iraq. |
| User ReviewZmoog Cheartwarming and fascinating glimpse into the reality of what Iraq was like for many in Iraq for the thousands children orphaned by Saddam's brutal regime and how dear the innocents were....it was only to get much, much worse. If you loved long ago classics like "The Gods Must be crazy" ; or "The red balloon", you might just love this as well. |
| User ReviewJosefine LAwesome movie. Great humor as a devastating real story is told. |
| User ReviewYair VDos hermanos huérfanos emprenden esta "road movie" a lomo de burro para llegar hasta Metrópolis y encontrar a Superman, quien se encargará de eliminar a Saddam Hussein y, luego, traer nuevamente a la vida a sus padres muertos. Muchas veces el espíritu humano supera todo tipo de adversidades para perseguir un sueño, con el tiempo uno crece y esa abdicación se suele llamar madurez, palabra que goza de prestigio social. Dos niños kurdos sobreviven al régimen de Hussein en Irak de principios de finales de los años 80, cuando aún están vivos los trágicos recuerdos de la guerra con Irán. No es un relato heroico, ni una triste historia con tintes melodramáticos; sino la aproximación a otros mundos, otras formas de verlo, otros paisajes y otra lengua en un escenario común: en épocas de confrontación armada, son los más débiles las primeras víctimas. Vale la pena ver Bekas porque ofrece una historia real -con todas las implicaciones de esta palabra-, que ofrece una ventana a otro mundo, que abre la mente y el corazón, para conectarse con personas que viven en otras latitudes de este planeta. |
| User ReviewVaidehi AThis was such an amazing film. Firstly, credits to the most amazing actors i have ever seen. There was so much heart in this film. Some would criticize it for being overly happy - I disagree. This was a film about hope, and family and love. It was meant to be optimistic, and it was a very endearing look at homeless children in that region of iraq. the dialogue (even the subtitled english version) was brilliant as well - i was laughing for half the movie, and crying the other half. a brilliant film, with a great - well - everything. a must see. |
| User ReviewRangan RNowadays its a customary to take the acclaimed short movies to stretch for the feature films by the incoming directors. All they need is a good producer and the distributors, the actors can be managed with the new faces. Yep, this movie was inspired by the short film of the same name like 'Short Term 12', 'District 9' et cetera. Most importantly, these films met a great success because of the beautiful story, characters and narration. This movie was directed by the Iraq born filmmaker who is now residing in Sweden. Most of the recent movies, in fact, all of them outlines Iraq as a war field. But this film was such a poetic, shot in the real locations, brings a calm and beautiful 90s Iraq on the screen that you have probably never seen in a decade. The main two characters were inspired by the director and his elder brother, when they were kids and lived in the Kurdish part of Iraq. But the story was marginally fictional except the dreams of the children from the third world. I must agree, this movie practically describes how the influence of American products, films and culture affects the young kids from a country like Iraq. Their over obsession leads to dream bigger without knowing that's impossible to make it true. If you are a non-American you would have had such obsession in your childhood on soft drinks like Cola, Pepsi, or fast foods like from KFC, McDonald, or TV cartoons and Marvel Comic books et cetera. So, in some way, somewhat it's a tiny part of your story as well. "If a family is united, they will be strong." There is no exact one word translation for 'Bekas'. It means 'homeless orphans' according to the director's explanation during an interview at one of the film festivals. This movie is all about two young Kurdish boys, Dana and Zana, and Superman, Michael Jackson and Coca Cola. If we talk about the story, it's when 'Slumdog Millionaire' meets 'In This World'. The movie begins similar fashion to SDM where kids are playing football and after that go straight to their business, instead school. In fact many scenes resemble above two films I mentioned and also other films. When the brothers get separates, that kind of reminded me 'The Gods Must Be Crazy 2'. Thus the screenplay originality lacks, other than that it is nothing less than to consider a wonderful film. There are some scenes that make you go edge of your seat. Grabs our attention, creating tensions and thrills in the scenes like check-post and landmines. Emotions did not strike well because it's seemed more like a dark comedy. A bit commercialised than being realistic. The music was so good, awesome blend to portray the adventures, along with the two great performances, ignited the movie to emerge as a pleasant family entertainer. There might be millions of reasons to blame this movie because of similarity with other films and other stuffs, but overall I felt happy. Criticisers still going to criticize it, despite those flaws definitely worth to check it out. 8/10 |
