Two boys (Tahir and Amine) 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 (Achta) eventually despairs and sends them to Koranic school. Unhappy, they plan their escape until the eldest boy falls in love with a deaf girl (Khalil).
Cast: Ahidjo Mahamet Moussa, Hamza Moctar Aguid, Zara Haroun, Mounira Khalil, Diego Moustapha Ngarade
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? --imdb
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Title: Abouna | Our Father (2002)
Directed by: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Date of birth: 1961, N'Djamena, Chad
Writing credits:
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Music by: Ali Farka Touré
Country: France | Chad | Netherlands
Language: Chadian | Arabic French
Color: Color
Runtime: 84 min.