Anchored by the performances of Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa and Hamza Moctar Aguid, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's elegantly directed, expressively lit Abouna is a brightly coloured Chadian parable, filled with memorable imagery and discomforting turns of plot.
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"Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s second feature following the award-winning Bye Bye Africa offers confirmation of the arrival of a visually assured and highly sophisticated new talent in world cinema. Set in Haroun’s native Chad, the sensuous Abouna begins with the striking image of a man in Western dress crossing a desert in the southern Sahara. The man, who pauses briefly to stare down the camera lens, is the father of 15-year-old Tahir (Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa) and Tahir’s eight-year-old brother Amine (Hamza Moctar Aguid). After being told by their beautiful mother (Zara Haroun) that he has left them, the two brothers undertake a momentous journey in an attempt to fill the void left by his absence." Optimum Releasing
