Palme d'Or |
Silver Hugo |
| Best Actor |
| Best Screenplay |
Muhr AsiaAfrica Award |
| Best Actor - Feature |
| Best Editor - Feature |
| Best Film - Feature |
SIGNIS Award |
Special Jury Award |
| Best Actor |
Jury Prize |
| Best Actress |
This is the last of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's feature films that I have watched; not with intent to view this director's filmography but because I have a strong interest in African cinema and his films have intrigued me. This is the most satisfying of his four films.
"Be careful not to cross your arms over your chest, assuming the sterile attitude of a spectator, because life is not a spectacle, a sea of pain is not a proscenium, and a screaming man is not a dancing bear.
