Abouna

Drama

Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa	Tahir
Hamza Moctar Aguid	Amine
Zara Haroun	Achta (Mother)
Mounira Khalil	The Mute Girl
Hassan Boulama	Hassan
Diego Moustapha Ngarade	Uncle Adoum
Garba Issa	The Headmaster
Koulsy Lamko	The Father
Ramada Mahamat	The teacher's wife
Sossal Mahamat	Teacher's assistant
Hadje Fatime N'Goua	The doctor
Nouraldine Mahamat Alio	Police chief
Christophe N'Garoyal	Factory manager
Haoua Tantine Abakar	Angry neighbour
Albert Adoum	Fighting boy

Director	Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Producer	Guillaume de Seille
Writer	Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

From a dusty village in the Republic of Chad, two brothers, Amine and Tahir, set out in a search of their father. Reflecting the rhythms of Africa, "Abouna" is a film rich in culture with a deep understanding of the human condition in general and youth in particular. This devastatingly powerful, magnificently photographed drama is director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's triumphant follow-up to his international award-winning "Bye Bye Africa".

"Meticulously executed, poignant and gently funny!" - A.O. Scott, New York Times

Eight-year-old Amine and fifteen-year-old Tahir's world is shattered when they awake one morning to find that their father has deserted them and their mother. The brothers leave their poor Chad village and head for the Cameroon border to begin their journey in search of him. Soon after, they are stunned to see what they believe to be an image of their father onscreen at a local movie house. After getting caught for stealing the reel of film, their weary mother sends them away to a Koran school to learn discipline. All the while, Amine and Tahir are determined to escape and continue their search in this devastatingly powerful, magnificently photographed drama from director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. A triumphant follow-up to his international award-winning Bye Bye Africa, the New York Times praises,­"Poignant though it is, [Abouna] is the opposite of depressing. There is too much life in it."