ABOUNA Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chad/France, 2002Monday 20 June 2005 10.30pm-11.50pm
Set in writer-director's Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's homeland, Chad, Abouna is the story of two young brothers' search for their father.
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The film opens with a scene of a man striding purposefully across a featureless desert. He stops, as if sensing the viewer, and briefly stares at the camera, before moving off again, enigmatically.
It quickly becomes apparent that the man has abandoned his family without warning. The film is about the consequences of this action on his two sons: 15-year-old Tahir (Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa) and eight-year-old Amine (Hamza Moctar Aguid). In a touching early scene, Amine is told by his mother that his father is "irresponsible". He looks the word up in a dictionary and discusses its meaning with his brother. Their interpretations of the ambiguous notion of responsibility, straddling accountability for actions and the parental role, go to the heart of the film.
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