Dry Season (2006)

Name: Dry Season
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2006-09-01
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah

Dry Season (2006), directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, starring Ali Barkai and Youssouf Djaoro.

09/01/2006 BR Action, Drama and Thriller 1h 36m

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Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he goes in search of Nassara, the man who made him an orphan. It does not take long before he finds him. Nassara, who now goes straight, is married, goes to the mosque and owns a small bakery. After some hesitation Atim offers him his services as an apprentice. He is hired then it will be easy for him to gun down the murderer of his father. At least, that is what he thinks...

Mahamat-Saleh HarounDirector, Producer, Writer
Marie-Hélène DozoEditing
Abderrahmane SissakoProducer
Diana ElbaumProducer

About the film

Dry Season Arabic: دارات, romanized: Daratt; French: Saison sèche) is a 2006 film by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun.

The film was one of seven films from non-Western cultures commissioned by Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope Festival to commemorate the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Inspiration for the themes of revenge and reconciliation was taken from Mozart's La clemenza di Tito.

Darratt won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival, as well as eight other prizes at Venice and the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou.

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Dry Season Arabic: دارات, romanized: Daratt; French: Saison sèche) is a 2006 film by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun.

Darratt won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival, as well as eight other prizes at Venice and the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou.

Plot

Set in the wake of the long Chadian civil war, 16-year-old Atim (Ali Bacha Barkai) is sent by his grandfather to the city to kill Nassara (Youssouf Djaoro), the man who murdered his father before Atim's birth. Atim, carrying his father's gun, finds Nassara running a bakery. Unexpectedly, the taciturn Nassara takes Atim under his wing as the son he never had and begins teaching him how to run the bakery. The emotionally conflicted Atim is drawn into the life of Nassara and his pregnant wife (Aziza Hisseine), before a finale that Variety described as "sharp, fast and unexpected."

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Dry Season at IMDb

Text from Dry Season (2006 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_Season_(2006_film)

Trivia

It premiered on September 1, 2006, a Friday.
It runs 1h36 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Daratt".
It won 1 award(s) and received 0 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival among them.
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosChinguitty Films, Göi-Göi Productions, ARTE France Cinéma, Entre Chien et Loup, New Crowned Hope, Araneo, Fonds Sud Cinéma, La Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, CNC, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Fonds Images Afrique du Ministère Français des Affaires Etranges, Coopération Belge au Développement, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB, Télédistributeurs Wallons, Canal+, Sofica Soficinéma 2, Tele-Chad
CountriesAustria, Belgium, Chad, France
LanguagesFrench, Arabic
StatusReleased

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Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival 2006

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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Director
Marie-Hélène Dozo Editing
Abderrahmane Sissako Producer
Diana Elbaum Producer
Keith Griffiths Producer
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Producer
Sébastien Delloye Producer
Simon Field Producer
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Writer

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What is Dry Season about?

Dry Season: Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he g…

Who directed Dry Season?

Dry Season was directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun in 2006.

Who stars in Dry Season?

The cast of Dry Season includes Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Aziza Hisseine and Khayar Oumar Defallah.

How long is Dry Season?

Dry Season runs for 96 minutes, or 1h36.

What awards did Dry Season win?

Dry Season has 1 recorded awards, among them Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival.