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Dry Season

Original title: Daratt
  • 20062006
  • 1h 36m
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6.9/10
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Dry Season (2006)
Drama
Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-yea... Read allChad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and... Read allChad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he goes in search of Nassara, the man who made him an o... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
911
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POPULARITY
124,227
29,761
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    • Director
      • Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
    • Writer
      • Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
    • Stars
      • Ali Barkai
      • Youssouf Djaoro
      • Aziza Hisseine
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
    • Writer
      • Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
    • Stars
      • Ali Barkai
      • Youssouf Djaoro
      • Aziza Hisseine
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    • 9User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 2 nominations

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    Ali Barkai
    • Atim
    • (as Ali Bacha Barkaï)
    Youssouf Djaoro
    Youssouf Djaoro
    • Nassara
    Aziza Hisseine
    • Aïcha, la femme de Nassara
    Khayar Oumar Defallah
    • Gumar Abatcha, le grand-père d'Atim
    Djibril Ibrahim
    • Moussa
    Hadje Fatime N'Goua
    • La tante de Moussa
    • (as Hadjé Fatimé N'Goua)
    Garba Issa
    • Le voisin de Nassara
    Abdéramane Abakar
    • Le soldat du taxi brousse
    • Director
      • Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
    • Writer
      • Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
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    • Trivia
      During the production, the city of N'Djamena where the crew was filming was attacked by rebel forces, causing production to shut down. The production was almost abandoned due to the danger faced by the cast and crew.
    • Soundtracks
      Dunya
      Performed by Malouma

      Avec l'aimable autorisation de Marabi Productions

    User reviews9

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    8/10
    Compelling tale of revenge
    Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's story is remarkable in it's starkness of setting - the desert of Chad - and in the manner in which it unfolds. This is a two-hander in which there is very little dialogue - one can't talk and the other won't. This creates an almost surreal element to the film, where hatred seethes through silent glares.

    When the Chad Commission for Truth and Justice grants amnesty to some 200 war criminals, the elderly Gumar Abatcha gives his dead son's pistol to his orphaned grandson Atim and dispatches him to kill the murderer of Atim's father. Living far away, Nassara is a dangerous man who now ekes out a living as a baker, trying to forget his past. When Atim finds him, he insinuates himself into Nassara's life with the intent of exacting revenge. Dry Season would make an excellent companion film to Death and the Maiden (1994), Roman Polanski's thrilling film version of a play about political repression and revenge in Central America.

    I find it unfortunate that we have to wait for festivals to see films like this (I saw it at the Melbourne International Film Festival). It depicts a culture we know virtually nothing about, is visually stunning and was thoroughly engaging. An excellent film.
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    • Release date
      • December 27, 2006 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Chad
      • France
      • Belgium
      • Austria
    • Languages
      • Arabic
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Estación seca (Daratt)
    • Filming locations
      • Chad
    • Production companies
      • Chinguitty Films
      • Entre Chien et Loup
      • Goi-Goi Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,303
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,352
      • Apr 8, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $48,251
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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