Dry Season

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

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 36 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
Original Name:
Daratt
Dry Season (2006) - Also known as Daratt

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...

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Release Date:

27 Dec 2006

Language:

Arabic, French

Director:

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Writer:

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Main Actors:

Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah

Plot:

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...

Awards:

10 wins & 1 nomination.

Production:

Pyramide Distribution

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Metacritic:
78%