MONSIEUR IBRAHIM
MR. IBRAHIM |
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Director:
François Dupeyron
Screenplay: François Dupeyron, based on
a play by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
Cast:
M.Ibrahim: Omar Sharif
Momo (Moïse): Pierre Boulanger
Momo's father: Gilbert Melki
Momo's mother: Isabelle Renault
Myriam: Lola Naynmark
Sylvie: Anne Suarez
Eva: Céline Samie
“La star”: Isabelle Adjani
Awards:
Best Actor (Omar Sharif), César Awards (2004)
Best Actor (Pierre Boulanger), Chicago International Film
Festival (2003)
Running time: 95 minutes
Year of production: France - 2003
Rating: Restricted
Gauge: 35mm, DVD (color)
Distributor: New Yorker Films
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“With
the careful timing and nuance of a master actor, Sharif
turns a two-dimensional sketch into the film's most absorbing
character.”
Peter Debruge | Premiere |
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During the
1960’s, Paris was vibrant and alive. As the old gave
way to the new, everything was in flux and the city was filled
with an energy that promised cultural shifts and social change.
Against this background, in a working-class neighborhood,
two unlikely characters – a young Jewish boy, Moïse,
and an elderly Muslim, Mr. Ibrahim – begin a friendship.
Moïse, also known as Momo, is raised by his father, a
man slowly retreating into depression. Momo buys his groceries
in a dark, overcrowded store owned and run by Ibrahim, a silent,
exotic-looking man. Ibrahim spends his days sitting on a stool
without talking to anyone. Affection slowly develops between
them. Ibrahim, a man full of common sense, is the only real
grown-up in Momo’s life. In return, Momo provides Ibrahim
with a new taste for life. Together, they witness in their
neighborhood Godard’s shooting of The Contempt (with
a cameo appearance by Isabelle Adjani as Brigitte Bardot)
and travel to Turkey in Mr. Ibrahim’s new car. Mr. Ibrahim
is a delicate film about humility, friendship and tolerance.
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