Abouna (Our Father) | |
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Directed by | Mahamat Saleh Haroun |
Written by | Mahamat Saleh Haroun |
Produced by | Guillaume de Seille Abderrahmane Sissako |
Starring | Ahidjo Mahamet Moussa Hamza Moctar Aguid Zara Haroun Mounira Khalil Diego Moustapha Ngarade |
Cinematography | Abraham Haile Biru |
Edited by | Sarah Taouss Matton |
Music by | Ali Farka Touré |
Distributed by | Filmmuseum Distributie (Netherlands) Kairos Filmverleih (Germany) Leisure Time Features (USA) MK2 Diffusion (France) |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Countries | France Chad Netherlands |
Languages | Chadian Arabic French |
Abouna (Arabic: أبونا, romanized: ‘Abūna, English: "Our Father") is a 2002 film by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun and is the story of two young brothers' search for their father. It was filmed on location in Gaoui and N'Djamena, Chad. It was the Chadian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards but was not nominated.