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Brazil's Ronaldo gets part in film in Middle East

Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo will take part in a film about a Palestinian girl who hoped to meet him but was killed by a land mine before she could fulfill her dream, his club said Sunday.
"(Ronaldo) confirmed that he made an agreement with the Iranian director to make the film in the Palestinian territories," a spokesman for the Brazilian club Corinthians told Reuters.
The three times FIFA World Player of the Year's part will be filmed when Corinthians plays a friendly "Peace match" against fellow Brazilian team Flamengo at a Palestinian venue on September 15.
Corinthians have authorized Ronaldo, a World Cup winner with Brazil 2002, to stay on for a few days after the friendly to film his scenes.
The film is based on the true story of a young girl who was good at soccer and idolized Ronaldo. She died after losing a leg when she stepped on a land mine in southern Lebanon.
Ronaldo, a United Nations ambassador, visited handicapped children on a day trip to Ramallah on the West Bank and to Tel Aviv in 2005.
The film, produced by Iranians Mansur Sohrabpour and Mohammad Latif, will be shot in Lebanon.