Daratt
Original title: Dry Season
2006 · 1 h 36 min
Cast
Ali Barkai 
Youssouf Djaoro Aziza Hisseine
Credits
Written by: 
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Produced by: Sébastien Delloye Diana Elbaum
Plot
After the civil war, a sixteen-year-old boy is given a gun to avenge his father's death, and goes to find his killer, a baker.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's drama follows a Chadian teenager sent after the civil war to kill his father's murderer, who is now a baker. Spare, tense and moving, with a quiet moral weight, it is a strong study of vengeance and mercy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Gijón International Film Festival 2006: Best Director — Mahamat Saleh Haroun
- Venice Film Festival 2006: Grand Jury Prize
- Venice Film Festival 2006: Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (1,089 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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