Abouna
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Director Mahamat Saleh Haroun Screenplay Mahamat Saleh Haroun Writer Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Language Arabic, French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 20 May 2002 (2002-05-20) (Cannes) Initial release November 22, 2002 (United Kingdom) Cast Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa (Tahir), Hamza Moctar Aguid (Amine), Zara Haroun (Achta, la mère), Hassan Boulama (Hassan), Mounira Khalil (la muette), Diego Mustapha Ngarade (l'oncle Adoum)Music director Ali Farka Toure, Diego Moustapha Ngarade Similar movies Set in Africa, Set in deserts, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abouna (Arabic: أبون, English: "Our Father") is a 2002 film by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun. It was filmed on location in Gaoui and N'Djamena, Chad. It was the Chadian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards but was not nominated.
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Plot
Two boys (Tahir and Amine) awake one morning to find that their father has abandoned their family. Shocked, they begin to misbehave. While surreptitiously watching a movie, they think they see their father speaking to them and steal the film to examine the frames. Their mother (Achta) eventually despairs and sends them to Koranic school. Unhappy, they plan their escape until the eldest boy falls in love with a deaf girl (Khalil).
Casting and production
Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa, who played the 15-year-old Tahir, was offered a choice of boys to play his younger brother Amine. He eventually chose eight-year-old Hamza Moctar Aguid because he felt that Aguid could really be his brother.
After each day for shooting, film was sent 2600 miles to Paris for processing. Only after waiting several days, when word came back that there were no problems, would shooting resume.
Awards
The film won the following awards:
References
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