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Showdown: The series’ hero is an Iraqi policeman, Muhsin al-Khafaji, played by Waleed Zuaiter. Photo: Sife Elamine

ALICE TROUGHTON

A leap too far for the imagination

‘Baghdad Central’ lacks authenticity, like so many films about foreign lands made by foreigners

Carlos Amato