Zozo

For the children's book character called "Zozo" in the UK, see Curious George.

Zozo

Directed by	Josef Fares
Produced by	Anna Anthony
Written by	Josef Fares
Starring	Imad Creidi Antoinette Turk Elias Gergi Carmen Lebbos
Music by	Adam Nordén
Release date(s)	2005
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Lebanon Sweden
Language	Swedish/Arabic

Zozo is a 2005 Swedish-Lebanese film about a Lebanese boy during the civil war, who gets separated from his family and ends up in Sweden. It was directed by Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares. The story is mostly inspired by Fares' real life immigration to Sweden during the war.

The film was Sweden's representative for Best Foreign film at the 78th Academy Awards.^[1] It won The Nordic Council Film Prize in 2006.

References

^ http://www.oscarguy.com/History/Oscars/78th/Foreign.html

External links

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The Nordic Council Film Prize

The Man Without a Past (2002) · Manslaughter (2005) · Zozo (2006) · The Art of Crying (2007) · You, the Living (2008) · Antichrist (2009) · Submarino (2010) · Beyond (2011)