Mahamat-Saleh Haroun — Director (11)

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Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot (1996)
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穆罕默德·萨利赫·哈伦 actor: Peter Brook / 让-克劳德·卡里埃尔 …
other title: Sotegui Kouyaté, un griot moderne
Through testimonies by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carriere, Jean-Pierre Guigane, and Sotigui Kouyate himself, SOTIGUI KOUYATE: A MODERN GRIOT dresses the portrait of one of Africa's greatest actor now based in Paris. From Africa to Europe, the film unveils the multiple facets of Sotigui Kouyate, actor, musician and modern griot.

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Soumsoum, The Night of the Stars (2026)
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other title: Soumsoum, la nuit des astres / 苏姆苏姆,星辰之夜 …
Seventeen-year-old Kellou has been gifted with supernatural powers she does not understand. Her disquiet and uncertainty only change when she meets Aya. It is an encounter with destiny that forges a mystical world where the visible and invisible converge.

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希赛因,一个乍得悲剧 (2016)
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other title: Hissein Habré, une tragédie tchadienne / 暴政余生(港)
2013年,乍得前独裁者侯赛因·哈布雷(Hissein Habré)于塞内加尔被捕,标志着由侯赛因独裁政权的幸存者展开的漫长抵抗终于落下了帷幕。 在侯赛因独裁政权受害者协会主席的陪同下,导演马哈曼特-萨雷·哈隆(Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)走访了这场灾难的幸存者,以及那些仍在肉体和精神上被这段恐怖经历所折磨的人们。 正是凭借他们的勇气与决心,这些受害者们才能完成这项在非洲大陆上前所未有的壮举:将一国元首推上审判席。

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A Screaming Man (2010)
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other title: 尖叫的男人 / Un homme qui crie …
Adam Ousmane is a pool attendant at a local resort. When the new managers decide to downsize, Adam loses his job to his own son, Abdel. Shattered by the turn of events, Adam is pressured into contributing to the Chadian war effort. With no money to speak of, the only asset he can donate is his son.

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Abouna (2003)
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other title: 爸爸出走了 / 아부나 …
Two boys (Tamir & Amine) awake one morning to find that their father has abandoned their family. Shocked, they begin to misbehave. While surreptitiously watching a movie, they think they see their father speaking to them and steal the film to examine the frames. Their mother (Achta) eventually despairs and sends them to Koranic school. Unhappy, they plan their escape until the eldest boy falls in love with a deaf girl (Khalil).

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Lingui: The Sacred Bonds (2021)
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other title: 링귀, 모녀는 용감했다 / Lingui : les liens sacrés …
On the outskirts of the capital of Chad, determined single mother Amina works tirelessly to provide for herself and her 15-year old daughter Maria. When Amina discovers Maria is pregnant and does not want a child, the two women begin to seek out an abortion, condemned by both religion and law. In the process, mother and daughter forge a connection stronger than any they’ve ever known.

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Daratt (2006)
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other title: 旱季 / 雨季不再来(台) …
Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he goes in search of Nassara, the man who made him an orphan. It does not take long before he finds him. Nassara, who now goes straight, is married, goes to the mosque and owns a small bakery. After some hesitation Atim offers him his services as an apprentice. He is hired then it will be easy for him to gun down the murderer of his father. At least, that is what he thinks...