| Release Date: | Sep 2010 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards: | 3 wins & 1 nomination |
| Runtime: | 92 min |
| Cast: | Youssouf Djaoro (Adam Ousmane 'Champion') Dioucounda Koma (Abdel Ousmane (as Diouc Koma)) Emile Abossolo M'bo (Le chef de quartier) Hadje Fatime N'Goua (Mariam) Marius Yelolo (David) Djénéba Koné (Djénéba Koné) Heling Li (Mme Wang) Rémadji Adèle Ngaradoumbaye (Souad) John Mbaiedoum (Etienne) Sylvain Mbaikoubou (Le nouveau cuisinier) Abdou Boukar (Le maître d'hôtel) Fatimé Nguenabaye (La voisine) Gérard Ganda Mayoumbila (Le sous-officier) Mahamat Choukou (Soldat barrage 1) Tourgoudi Oumar (Soldat barrage 2) Hadre Dounia (Jeune soldat blessé) Hilaire Ndolassem (Speaker radio (voice)) |
Present-day Chad. Adam, sixty something, a former swimming champion, is pool attendant at a smart N'Djamena hotel. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel. Terribly resentful, he feels socially humiliated. The country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government. The authorities demand that the population contribute to the "war effort", giving money or volunteers old enough to fight off the assailants. The District Chief constantly harasses Adam for his contribution. But Adam is penniless; he only has his son....
