Un homme qui crie (2010)

Present-day Chad. Adam, fifty-five, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up ... See full summary »

Director:

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Writer:

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (screenplay)

Stars:

Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emile Abossolo M'bo

8 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Youssouf Djaoro	...	Adam Ousmane 'Champion'
Diouc Koma	...	Abdel Ousmane
Emile Abossolo M'bo	...	Le chef de quartier
Hadje Fatime N'Goua	...	Mariam
Marius Yelolo	...	David
Djénéba Koné	...	Djénéba Koné
Heling Li	...	Mme Wang
Rémadji Adèle Ngaradoumbaye	...	Souad
John Mbaiedoum	...	Etienne
Sylvain Mbaikoubou	...	Le nouveau cuisinier
Abdou Boukar	...	Le maître d'hôtel
Fatimé Nguenabaye	...	La voisine
Gérard Ganda Mayoumbila	...	Le sous-officier
Mahamat Choukou	...	Soldat barrage 1
Tourgoudi Oumar	...	Soldat barrage 2

Storyline

Present-day Chad. Adam, fifty-five, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he feels socially humiliated. The country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government. The authorities demand that the population contribute to the "war effort", giving money or volunteers old enough to fight off the assailants. The District Chief constantly harasses Adam for his contribution. But Adam is penniless; he only has his son....

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | war effort | civil war | swimming champion | pool attendant | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

France Belgium Chad

Language:

French Arabic

Release Date:

13 April 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Screaming Man

Filming Locations:

Abéché, Chad

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,421, 17 April 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$9,862, 8 May 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pili Films,Entre Chien et Loup,Goi-Goi Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

A Screaming Man

"A Screaming Man," directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun, was a very slow-paced, but somewhat moving film. The silences and actions of the characters led the viewers to conceive a message worth a million words. I thought this was a very interesting way to film, and it led me and my classmates to interpret our own messages out of the film's dialogue through the actors' eye contact. "A Screaming Man," is a puzzling film that will lead you to rethink how people around the world interact with one another -- it definitely persuaded me to find a different global perspective. This film persuades the viewers to further think about the future and well-being of our world as it is today.