TEHRAN -- Brazilian football player Ronaldo is going to play in an Iranian film about a Palestinian girl who is killed before her dream of meeting him comes true.

Shooting for the film, which is being produced by officials of the Iran-Brazil chamber of commerce, will probably begin in September in Lebanon.
Producer Mansur Sohrabpur is planning to make use of filmmaker Mohammad-Hossein Latifi for directing the movie.
Still without a title, the film is based on the true story of Alneyrab, a 13-year-old girl who dreamed of meeting the footballer when he visited the Middle East on a humanitarian mission in 2005.
She was only able to watch her idol pass through along with his entourage, and was later killed in a conflict in the region.
Ronaldo’s agent, Fabiano Farah, confirmed that Ronaldo has signed a preliminary contract for the film and that he is supposed to play himself in the movie.
The 32-year-old Ronaldo, who is currently playing for Campeonato Brasileiro club Corinthians will appear in some scenes that take place in the girl’s dreams, said Farrokh Faraji Chadan, president of the Iran-Brazil chamber of commerce.
He is expected to spend only a few days in Lebanon shooting the film. How much Ronaldo would be paid for taking part in what he called a “humanitarian” production has not yet been disclosed.
Ronaldo has been a goodwill ambassador for the UN Development Program since 2000 and made several trips to the Middle East as part of his campaign against poverty around the world. He was playing for Real Madrid at the time.
Ronaldo was a member of Brazil’s team that won its fourth World Cup title in 1994 in the United States, and was the team’s top player when it clinched the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.