Zozo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Zozo |
| Country of production | Sweden , United Kingdom , Denmark |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Josef Fares |
| script | Josef Fares |
| production | Anna Anthony |
| music | Adam Nordén |
| camera | Aril Wretblad |
| cut |
Kristin Grundström , Michal Leszczylowski |
| occupation | |
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Zozo is a 2005 film drama directed by Josef Fares , who also wrote the screenplay. It was first broadcast in Sweden on September 2, 2005. The main role of Zozo is played by Imad Creidi , who made his film debut here. Filming locations were in Beirut and Trollhättan , Sweden.
Plot and background
12-year-old Zozo lives with his family in Beirut at the time of the Lebanon War . His parents decide to immigrate to Sweden to live with Zozo's grandparents. When they are about to leave, their house is hit by a bomb and destroyed. Zozo is the only survivor and now goes to Scandinavia all alone. Here a completely unknown world awaits him.
Josef Fares processes his own biography in the film. Like Zozo, he was born in Lebanon and raised in Sweden. With the realistic portrayal of rejection, hostility and disorientation in a foreign country, the director sets a small memorial to all children who have lost their roots through war.
Awards and publications
- In 2006 the film was awarded the Nordic Council Film Prize.
- In 2005 Zozo was seen in September at the 13th Film Festival in Hamburg , in November at the Nordic Film Festival in Lübeck and in March 2007 at the 25th Children's Film Festival in Augsburg.
criticism
- “In his third feature film, the director Josef Fares, previously known for his quirky comedies, processes elements of his own biography. And he succeeds in doing this with a unique mixture of melancholy tragedy and bizarre humor. Few films have so honestly and convincingly portrayed the fate of children who are robbed of their roots by adult wars. "
Web links
- Zozo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Zozo in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zozo on moviepilot.de, accessed on August 17, 2013.
- ↑ a b Zozo on filmfesthamburg.de, accessed on August 17, 2013.
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: 3. Awarding of the Film Prize - 2006 - Zozo on skandinavien-info24.de, accessed on August 17, 2013.
- ↑ 13th Hamburg Film Festival (September 22 to 29, 2005) - main program on infomedia-sh.de, accessed on August 17, 2013.
- ↑ a b 47th Nordic Film Days Lübeck on luebeck.de, accessed on August 17, 2013.
- ↑ 25th Augsburg Children's Film Festival March 17 to March 25, 2007 ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at lechflimmern.de, accessed on August 17, 2013.
