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| SCREENINGS: THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 7:00PM; ST. ANTHONY DIRECTOR PRESENT (THURSDAY SCREENING) SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 9:15PM; ST. ANTHONY DIRECTOR PRESENT Director: MAHAMET-SALEH HAROUN Chad, central Africa, 2006. The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals. Sixteen year-old Atim is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his father. |
Atim leaves his village for the capital, seeking a man he does not know, now married and settled down. Instead of the cycle of violence escalating, the baker offers him a job and teaches him the secret of baking bread. In a story graced with humor and surprising twists, the would-be young assassin faces wrenching moral choices in this Venice Film Fest jury prizewinner from one of Africa’s leading film lights. Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Bye-Bye Africa, Abouna), 48, will be here in person. Film produced by Abderrahmane Sissako (director of last year’s MSPIFF opener Bamako). (In Chadian Arabic w/ Eng. subtitles) Click here to view the trailer. FRANCE/BELGIUM/CHAD • 2006 • 96 MINUTES • DIRECTOR: MAHAMET-SALEH HAROUN |