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. Sahim evoked his own childhood memories of living through the war between Iraq and Iran. He granted the leading roles to the characters of Dileer and Zinee, a brother and sister living in Iraq, setting the story in the year 1988. Every day, the two play games that hardly differ from what is happening in the cruel world outside. The war mentality has become engrained in their minds having left no traces of their childlike innocence. The opening scene shows us Dileer, wearing a Spiderman costume, secretly sneaking up onto a defence line. For a moment it looks like Dileer’s adventure will have a bad ending. But then a soldier appears, who praises Dileer for his great courage. In his sister’s eyes, Dileer is a hero.
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