Bekas

Set in Iraqi Kurdistan in the early 1990s, under Saddam Hussein's rule, the film follows two orphaned brothers, seven-year-old Zana and ten-year-old Dana, who survive on the streets by shining shoes. After glimpsing Superman through a hole in the wall of a local cinema, they become convinced that America is the answer to their troubles and set out to find the superhero. Zana begins a list of people he wants punished, with Saddam Hussein at the top, while Dana works out what the journey would require: money, passports and a way across a heavily guarded border. With an ass and little else, the brothers attempt the journey anyway, putting their bond to the test.

Bekas is a 2012 drama directed by Karzan Kader, who also wrote the screenplay; Sandra Harms produced. It is Kader's first feature film, followed by Trading Paint in 2019. The cast includes Zamand Taha as Zana, Sarwar Fazil as Dana, Diya Mariwan, Suliman Karim Mohamad, Rahim Hussen and Abdulrahman Mohamad, with 42 credited cast members and 52 credited crew in all.

Made on a budget of about 2 million USD as a co-production between Iraq, Finland and Sweden, the film runs 97 minutes and was released on 30 November 2012. It has a rating of 7.5 out of 10 on IMDb from around 6,400 votes, and the same score on TMDB from roughly 112 votes, indicating a consistently positive response from both larger and smaller audiences.