Monsieur Ibrahim

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Monsieur Ibrahim
Directed by François Dupeyron
Produced by Laurent Pétin
Michèle Pétin
Written by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (novel Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran and screenplay)
François Dupeyron
Starring Omar Sharif
Pierre Boulanger
Gilbert Melki
Isabelle Renauld
Lola Naymark
Cinematography Rémy Chevrin
Editing by Dominique Faysse
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics(USA)
Release date(s) 2003 (U.S. release)
Running time 95 min
Language French
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Monsieur Ibrahim (full title: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran) is a 2003 French movie starring Omar Sharif and directed by François Dupeyron. The movie is based on a book and a play by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.

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[edit] Plot

The film begins in a working-class neighborhood in the 1960s Paris. The main character, Moїse Schmidt (Momo), is a young Jewish boy growing up without a mother and with a father afflicted by crippling depression. Momo is fascinated by the elderly Muslim man (Ibrahim Demildji) who runs a grocery store across the street from his apartment (where Momo often shoplifts). Their relationship develops and soon Momo feels closer to Ibrahim than to his father. Ibrahim affectionately calls Moїse Momo, and adopts him when his father leaves and commits suicide. Momo and Ibrahim go on a journey to Turkey, Ibrahim's homeland. Ibrahim dies there in a car accident, Momo inherits the store and his Koran. In the final scene, we see a young boy shoplifting from the store, and Momo (now a 30-year-old man) humoring him, replicating the scene in which Momo was first engaged by Ibrahim.

[edit] Cast

  • Monsieur Ibrahim – Omar Sharif
  • Momo – Pierre Boulanger
  • Momo's father – Gilbert Melki
  • Momo's mother – Isabelle Renauld
  • Myriam – Lola Naymark
  • Sylvie – Anne Suarez
  • Fatou – Mata Gavin
  • Eva – Celine Samie

[edit] Awards

  • César Award (French Oscars), Best Actor 2004: Omar Sharif

Also nominated for several awards, including the 2004 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

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