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Screaming man = Un homme qui crie
Title:
Screaming man = Un homme qui crie
Series Number:
9, film 2.
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.
Audience:
Not rated.
General Note:
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).
Contents:
Main film: A Screaming Man / director, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (88 min.) -- This month's short film: Expectations / director, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (29 min.).
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher:
Film Movement,
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
[United States] : Film Movement, [2011]
Award Note:
Jury Prize winner, 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Call Number:
DVD SCREAMI
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