Un homme qui crie A screaming man

Un homme qui crie A screaming man / Pili Films et Goï-Goï Productions présentent en coproduction avec Entre Chien et Loup ; un film produit par Florence Stern ; un film écrit et réalisé par Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.

Screaming Man: "Adam, a former swimming champion in his sixties, is a pool attendant at a hotel in Chad. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel, leaving Adam humiliated and resentful. Meanwhile the country is in the throes of a civ...

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Corporate Authors: Pili Films, Goï-Goï Productions, Entre Chien et Loup (Firm), Film Movement (Firm)
Other Authors: Haroun, Mahamat Saleh (Director, Screenwriter), Stern, Florence (Producer), Djaoro, Youssouf (Actor), Koma, Dioucounda (Actor), Abossolo, Emile, N'Goua, Hadje Fatime (Actor), Yelolo, Marius (Actor), Koné, Djénéba, 1992-2011 (Actor), Li, Heling (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Arabic
English
Published: [Fair Lawn, N.J.] : Prince Frederick, Md. : Film Movement ; Distributed by RB Media, 2011.
Series:Film Movement series ; v. 9, film 2.
Subjects:
Hotels > Employees > Drama.
Fathers and sons > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Feature films.
Short films.
Videos > Dinand > French.
Chad > History > Civil War, 1965- > Drama.
Chad > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
History.
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Summary:Screaming Man: "Adam, a former swimming champion in his sixties, is a pool attendant at a hotel in Chad. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel, leaving Adam humiliated and resentful. Meanwhile the country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government and the authorities demand the people contribute to the "war effort" with money or volunteers old enough to fight. Adam is constantly harassed for his contribution, but he is penniless. In a moment of weakness, Adam makes a decision that he will forever regret"--Container.
Expectations: "Having left on a long journey across the desert, Moussa suddenly shows up in his village again one day. He clearly never reached his destination. Completely transformed by his ordeal, he is now apathetic, locked in silence, and indifferent to everything around him. But his creditors, who lent him the money for his journey, are growing impatient"--Container.
Item Description:DVD release of the 2010 motion picture.
Special features include: This month's short film: Expectations / dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun; Haroun and Djaoro biographies; theatrical trailer; "The father of his children : fathers and sons in the films of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun," an essay by Christopher Bourne (PDF format).
Physical Description:1 videodisc (91, 28 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital stereo.
System requirements for access to DVD-ROM special feature: computer with Adobe reader.
Audience:Not rated.
Awards:Screamin Man: Jury Prize winner, 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Laurent Brunet ; film editors, Julie Brenta, Marie-Hélène Dozo ; music, Wasis Diop.
ISBN:9781461823353
1461823358
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:"LICENSED FOR PRIVATE HOME USE ONLY."--Container.
Participant or Performer:Youssouf Djaoro, Diouc Koma, Emil Abossolo M'bo, Hadjé Fatimé Ngoua, Marius Yelolo, Djénéba Kone, Li Heling.
Language:In French and Arabic, with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned.

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