Reviewed by Annlee Ellingson
(from the 2010 AFI Fest)
Directed/Written by: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring: Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emil Abossolo M’Bo, Hadjé Fatimé N’Goua, Marius Yelolo and Djénéba Koné
Writer-director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun draws on his own survival of the perpetual civil war in his native Chad for this Cannes Jury Prize winner. In it, rebel activity flows and ebbs like the tide. Meanwhile, everyday life goes on.
For former swimming champion Adam (Youssouf Djaoro), everyday life is managing the pool at an upscale hotel with his 20-year-old son Abdel (Diouc Koma). When the resort is privatized, the new Chinese owners streamline the operation by laying off some of Adam’s closest friends and downsizing the pool staff.
Adam is reassigned to the front gate and a sweaty uniform whose sleeves and pant legs are too short for his long, once-athletic limbs. Cars honk at him incessantly to manually raise the gate arms.
(from the 2010 AFI Fest)
Directed/Written by: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring: Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emil Abossolo M’Bo, Hadjé Fatimé N’Goua, Marius Yelolo and Djénéba Koné
Writer-director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun draws on his own survival of the perpetual civil war in his native Chad for this Cannes Jury Prize winner. In it, rebel activity flows and ebbs like the tide. Meanwhile, everyday life goes on.
For former swimming champion Adam (Youssouf Djaoro), everyday life is managing the pool at an upscale hotel with his 20-year-old son Abdel (Diouc Koma). When the resort is privatized, the new Chinese owners streamline the operation by laying off some of Adam’s closest friends and downsizing the pool staff.
Adam is reassigned to the front gate and a sweaty uniform whose sleeves and pant legs are too short for his long, once-athletic limbs. Cars honk at him incessantly to manually raise the gate arms.
- 4/11/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Annlee Ellingson
(from the 2010 AFI Fest)
Directed/Written by: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring: Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emil Abossolo M’Bo, Hadjé Fatimé N’Goua, Marius Yelolo and Djénéba Koné
Writer-director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun draws on his own survival of the perpetual civil war in his native Chad for this Cannes Jury Prize winner. In it, rebel activity flows and ebbs like the tide. Meanwhile, everyday life goes on.
For former swimming champion Adam (Youssouf Djaoro), everyday life is managing the pool at an upscale hotel with his 20-year-old son Abdel (Diouc Koma). When the resort is privatized, the new Chinese owners streamline the operation by laying off some of Adam’s closest friends and downsizing the pool staff.
Adam is reassigned to the front gate and a sweaty uniform whose sleeves and pant legs are too short for his long, once-athletic limbs. Cars honk at him incessantly to manually raise the gate arms.
(from the 2010 AFI Fest)
Directed/Written by: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Starring: Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emil Abossolo M’Bo, Hadjé Fatimé N’Goua, Marius Yelolo and Djénéba Koné
Writer-director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun draws on his own survival of the perpetual civil war in his native Chad for this Cannes Jury Prize winner. In it, rebel activity flows and ebbs like the tide. Meanwhile, everyday life goes on.
For former swimming champion Adam (Youssouf Djaoro), everyday life is managing the pool at an upscale hotel with his 20-year-old son Abdel (Diouc Koma). When the resort is privatized, the new Chinese owners streamline the operation by laying off some of Adam’s closest friends and downsizing the pool staff.
Adam is reassigned to the front gate and a sweaty uniform whose sleeves and pant legs are too short for his long, once-athletic limbs. Cars honk at him incessantly to manually raise the gate arms.
- 4/11/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Ok, so Sergio already wrote a reveiw of this film last week but, given that I saw it a few days later and that it screens at this year’s London Film Festival, which starts next week… and that I loved it… Well, I figured it was worth mentioning again this week.
As you’re probably aware if you were anywhere near this site earlier in the year, Mahamet Saleh Haroun’s Un Homme Qui Crie (A Screaming Man) won the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival in May. The third in what could be said to be a trilogy of father-son themed films following Abouna (2002) and Daratt (2006), A Screaming Man is once again set in modern day Chad and, like Daratt, is set against the backdrop of war.
However, as is usual with Haroun’s films, loud, physical and external conflict is absent from the screen and attention placed,...
As you’re probably aware if you were anywhere near this site earlier in the year, Mahamet Saleh Haroun’s Un Homme Qui Crie (A Screaming Man) won the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival in May. The third in what could be said to be a trilogy of father-son themed films following Abouna (2002) and Daratt (2006), A Screaming Man is once again set in modern day Chad and, like Daratt, is set against the backdrop of war.
However, as is usual with Haroun’s films, loud, physical and external conflict is absent from the screen and attention placed,...
- 10/9/2010
- by MsWOO
- ShadowAndAct
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.