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Daratt = Dry season / Chinguitty Films et Goï-Goï Productions presentent ; écrit et réalisé par Mahamet-Saleh Haroun ; une production Abderrahmane Sissako et Franck-Nicolas Chelle. L'arche du désert = The desert ark / Atlas-Films présente ; une coproduction K-Films... [and others] ; producteurs délégués, Nadjet Taibouni, Sandrine Vernet ; scénario et dialogues, Mohammed Chouikh ; réalisateur, Mohammed Chouikh.
LIBRA DVD 008 692 disc 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Great African films ; v.3.
- Great African films ; vol. 3
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- War criminals--Chad--Drama.
- War criminals.
- Revenge--Drama.
- Revenge.
- Political violence.
- Algeria.
- Chad.
- Chad--Drama.
- Political violence--Algeria--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Algeria--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- War films.
- Political films.
- Romance films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Chadian.
- Motion pictures, Algerian.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (93 min,) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- [Widescreen format (1st feature); standard format (2nd feature)].
- Other Title:
- Dry season
- English parallel title of 2nd film on container: Desert ark
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : ArtMattan Productions ; [Chicago, IL] : distributed by Facets Video, [2008]
- Language Note:
- In French and Arabic (Daratt) and Arabic (L'arche du desert ) with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Daratt: The government of Chad granted amnesty to war criminals in 2006, following forty years of civil strife. Atim, age 16, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may find and kill the man who killed his father. Atim quickly locates Nassara, now married and living as a baker in a nearby village. Pretending to be looking for work, Atim is hired as an apprentice baker. Despite his disgust, Atim gradually recognizes the father figure he has always needed. Nassara sees the teenager as a potential son and one day proposes adoption.
- L'arche du desert: A Romeo and Juliet story of two young lovers whose families are bitter rivals, and who seek refuge in a cave amid extremist political violence.
- Contents:
- [Disc 1] Daratt (93 min. ; 2006)
- [disc 2] The desert ark (87 min. ; 1997).
- Participant:
- (Daratt): Ali Bacha Barkaï, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah, Djibril Ibrahim.
- (L'arche du desert): Myriam Aouffen, Messaouda Adami, Hacen Abdou, Shyraz Aliane, Amin Chouikh.
- Credits:
- (Daratt): Photography, Abraham Haile Biru; editor, Marie-Hélène Dozo; music, Wasis Diop.
- (L'arche du desert): Photography, Mustapha Belmihoub; editor, Yamina Chouikh; music, Philippe Arthuys
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of two motion pictures produced in 2006 (Daratt) and 1997 (l'arche du desert).
- Special features (Daratt): about the filmmaker, director's statement; (L'arche du desert): about the filmmaker.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
- Contains:
- Arche du desert
- ISBN:
- 9781565807808
- 1565807804
- OCLC:
- 244101976
- Publisher Number:
- 736899118327
- DV96589 ArtMattan Productions
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