The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 2,039 2010s documentary movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Hogir HiroriDirector
- Hogir HiroriWriter
Cast
- Fakhir BerwariHimself
- Sheyma IbrahimHerself
- Abdulla FakhirHimself
- Ghazi IbrahimHimself