Akam

2019

0h 16m

10.0(1 votes)

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Akam is a 10 year-old Kurdish boy, who lives in a village away from the city. On the day of his sister’s wedding, he is told by his father to go beyond the village to bring back some bricks to fix the main pool in preparation for the wedding ceremony. When Akam returns, he faces a disaster no child should ever live through.

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