Daratt (2006)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Writer:

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (writer)

Release Date:

27 December 2006 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals...

Plot Keywords:

Civil War | War Criminal | Baker | Dead Father | Vengeance

Awards:

9 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Ali Barkai	...	Atim
Youssouf Djaoro	...	Nassara
Aziza Hisseine	...	Aicha, la femme de Nassara
Khayar Oumar Defallah	...	Gumar Abatcha, le grand-père d'Atim
Djibril Ibrahim	...	Moussa
Hadje Fatime N'Goua	...	La tante de Moussa (as Fatimé Hadje)
Garba Issa	...	Le voisin de Nassara
Abderamane Abakar	...	Le soldat du taxi brousse

Also Known As:

Dry Season (International: English title) (festival title)
Saison sèche (France)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Chad | France | Belgium | Austria

Language:

Arabic | French

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:6 | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Chad

Company:

Chinguitty Films

Soundtrack:

Dunya

editing please

perhaps the stereotypes of Americans being impatient with storytelling and in need of action is true. i found myself perpetually bored by this film. this in and of itself would not be such a bad thing, lots of film bore me. but this one actually has some decent storytelling to it. the problem comes from a lack of willingness to edit down the film, to move things along. too many shots of characters sitting around looking as if they are waiting to be filmed or photographed, glances caught at some distant nothing. mock modeling sessions for calvin klein ads. shots that consist of little more than a character walking across the frame. some tighter editing would have brought this same story in at around 45 to 50 minutes and would have lost nothing but fillers and time killers.