In impoverished Baghdad under Saddam's dictatorship, 16-year-old Amal hopes to regain her social status at school by volunteering to find a book as a class gift for the departing literature teacher. Meanwhile, her emotionally fragile little brother becomes obsessed with the notion that a visiting uncle from America--whom he confuses with Santa Claus--will bring him toys. Ashamed never to have been able to give his son a toy, the child's father sells some more prized family possessions and buys a model car for him.
| Directing | Raouf Zaki | Director |
| Writing | Raouf Zaki | Writer |
| Writing | Elsa Marston | Writer |
| Crew | Tom Robotham | Cinematography |
| Editing | Raouf Zaki | Editor |
| Production | Hana Zaki | Casting |
| Production | Raouf Zaki | Casting |
| Art | John El Manahi | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Caroline Errington | Costume Design |
| Sound | Marcel Khalife | Music |