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The Deminer

2018 · 83 min

A tense, intimate portrait of a man calmly defusing bombs, blending raw home footage with a sense of everyday heroism and dread.

Directed by
Hogir Hirori
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Fakhir Berwari, Sheyma Ibrahim, Abdulla Fakhir
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Hogir Hirori
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Fakhir Berwari, Sheyma Ibrahim, Abdulla Fakhir
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  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • family
  • violence
  • trauma
Places
  • military
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Horror4
Humour3
Realism10
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
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documentary
Directed by
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Starring
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Runtime
83 min
Country
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