
Overview
Two boys (Tamir & 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).
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2003)
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Setting
Set in Chad
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Music
Music by Ali Farka Touré
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Mahamat-Saleh HarounWriter
- Original title
- أبونا
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 10, 2002
- Original language
- Arabic
- Countries
- Chad, France
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