- Abouna
Infobox Film | name = Abouna (Our Father)
caption =
director =Mahamat Saleh Haroun
producer =Guillaume de Seille
writer = Mahamat Saleh Haroun
starring =Ahidjo Mahamet Moussa Hamza Moctar Aguid Zara Haroun Mounira Khalil Diego Moustapha Ngarade
music =Ali Farka Touré
cinematography =Abraham Haile Biru
editing =Sarah Taouss Matton
distributor =Filmmuseum Distributie (Netherlands),Kairos Filmverleih (Germany)Leisure Time Features (USA)MK2 Diffusion (France)
Country =France /Chad /Netherlands
released =20 May 2002 (Cannes Film Festival premiere)
runtime = 84 min.
language = Arabic, French
budget =
imdb_id = 0307913"Abouna" (English: "Our Father") is a 2003 award winning
film by Chadian directorMahamat Saleh Haroun . It was filmed on location inGaoui andN'Djamena , Chad.Plot synopsis
Two boys (Moussa & Aguid) 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 (Haroun) eventually despairs and sends them to Koranic school. Unhappy, they plan their escape until the eldest boy falls in love with a mute 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. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/abouna.shtml "Abouna"] by Josh Hillman,BBC Four ]Awards
The film won the following awards: [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307913/awards Awards] ,
IMDB ]
* 2002Hong Kong International Film Festival : Firebird Award - Special Mention
* 2002Kerala International Film Festival : FIPRESCI Prize and Golden Crow Pheasant
* 2003Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival : Baobab Seed Award, Best Cinematography, INALCO Award and UNICEF Award for ChildhoodNotes and references
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