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2011 Festival programme.
A Screaming Man
Friday 11th February 4:00 PM - Alhambra
Director:Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Cert:TBC Year: 2010 Length:92mins
Country:France/Chad Language:French/Arabic
55-year-old pool man Adam is known as the champ, a tribute to his former swimming glories. But he's getting old and times are changing. He gets demoted; his son gets his job; and then he makes a fateful deal with the leader of the resistance movement that has grave implications. War is background not foreground, but we understand its power through simple, elegant framing and a fine performance from Youssouf Djaoro in the lead role.
Critics
“...a confident, controlled work...A Screaming Man has a slow, cumulative power and is a moving comment on how war corrupts in the most unlikely and unnatural of ways.”
Trailer
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