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Our Father
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Title: Our Father (2002)
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Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa | ... |
Tahir
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Hamza Moctar Aguid | ... |
Amine
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Zara Haroun | ... |
Achta (Mother)
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Mounira Khalil | ... |
The Mute Girl
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Diego Moustapha Ngarade | ... |
Uncle Adoum
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Koulsy Lamko | ... |
The Father
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Garba Issa | ... |
The Headmaster
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Ramada Mahamat | ... |
The teacher's wife
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Hassan Boulama | ... |
Hassan
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Sossal Mahamat | ... |
Teacher's assistant
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Hadje Fatime N'Goua | ... |
The doctor
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Nouraldine Mahamat Alio | ... |
Police chief
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Christophe N'Garoyal | ... |
Factory manager
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Haoua Tantine Abakar | ... |
Angry neighbour
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Adoum Albert | ... |
Fighting boy
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The lives of two brothers, who live in N'djamena, are upended when they awake one Saturday morning to find that their father has left the family. They are Amine, about eight years old, playful and asthmatic, and Tahir, 15, handsome, quiet, his brother's protector. The boys go in search of their father, and find only trouble. Dad's leaving also debilitates their mother. The movies, a musical uncle, a village Koran school, a poster of a Moroccan beach, and a young deaf woman figure in the resolution. Is there any place for happiness, or is happiness only in storybooks? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Release Date:
19 March 2003 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
€900,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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There can't be many countries in the world that the average Briton knows less about than Chad; indeed, when I saw this film on television, the announcer described the place as part of Cameroon! Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's film is thus interesting as a glimpse of a life rarely seen by westerners; and if at times the characters seem a little short of dialogue and motivation, the imagery is striking and the sentiments heartfelt. 'Abouna' doesn't feel like a finished, polished movie; but there's the talent of it's director is definitely on display, his use of stillness and silence partially offsetting the relative absence of conventional plot.