CASMIR - SYNOPSIS

CASMIR©

- Marilyn 

Log line:  Casmir is a film about a young boy who’s wealthy parents are killed by bomb attack and he is sets out onto the street in order to escape orphanage care.  He meets Fahad who is also a street orphan and they set upon adventures during war torn life in Baghdad.

Synopsis: Casmir finds his house bombed his parents dead and hits the streets of Baghdad with his friends following him on his adventure to ‘spy’ and make sure he is alright. Casmir and Fahad another street orphan find a coach house to stay in while Casmir attempts contact his parents.

Muhad and Kaveh hear finally from their nephew and then they reunite in Baghdad when they fly home from their business trip. Muhad and Kaveh take Fahad in with Casmir and then they relax in the large house of the aunt and uncle.

Terrorist attacks have escalated in Baghdad and Zotan’s law building; a new structure is protected by a private security firm. Rahan a female daughter of an Iraqui general is trained in the art of sniper weaponry and is a head security lead that works for Zotan.  She watches over the building with the rest of the security staff while Zotan collaborates with other business owners to protest to government that terrorism is wise to legislate illegal activity sometimes in the name of religious zealots like the Al Qaeda because it is the enemy of a healthy economy.

Casmir and Fahad begin school with their friends and are busy adjusting to their new life quite happily. At a Fortune teller there is a cryptic end to a visit by the boys to see a women who reads them psychically correctly and reveals she foreshadows the enemy of change in Baghdad for the better coming to see her. She shows the boys a gun and foreshadows her own possible death in protecting the future of those who desire change.

Plans to build a solar business block of buildings ensues however the terrorist threat is a concern against the plans.  The business parties weigh the options and decide to forge ahead with private security firm protection and continued protest to government about the threat.

A turn of events occurs with Rahan getting kidnapped by the Al Qaeda after successfully foiling several terrorist attempts in the area. Zotan is irate about the developments and hires an investigator in collaboration with govt. to find her. Meanwhile two men are holding Rahan captive they are asking for ransom to give her back to Zotan. The terrorists bring her to an open area of the desert and drop off Rahan for the ransom money and are met with helicopter assault to rescue Rahan and Zotans funds.  An arrest is made of several terrorists and Zotan saves Rahan.

Zotan proposes to Rahan later and she keeps her security firm post for the time being with the impending marriage having lived through the greatest challenge of her life.

Muhad’s activism meanwhile has helped to get women to write the government about the terrorist damage to business along with Kaveh’s contacts in the business community.  All hope for peaceful change in Iraq from their efforts for themselves and their families.