Un homme qui crie /
"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 f...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French Arabic |
| Language Notes: | French and Arabic dialogue with optional English subtitles ; closed captioned in English. |
| Published: |
[United States] :
Film Movement,
[2011]
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| Series: | Film Movement series ;
v. 9, film 2. |
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| Summary: | "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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2010. 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). Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC; widescreen; region 1; ratio 16:9. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographer, Laurent Brunet ; film editors, Julie Brenta, Marie-Hélène Dozo ; music, Wasis Diop. |