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Daratt = Dry season /

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: DV96589 | ArtMattan ProductionsLanguage: French, Arabic Subtitle language: English Series: Great African films ; v. 3.Publisher: New York, N.Y. : ArtMattan Productions, [2008?]Distributor: [Chicago, Ill.] : Distributed by Facets VideoBeginning or single date created: 1997.Description: 2 videodiscs (95 min., 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

9781565807808
1565807804

Other title:

Dry season
Arche du desert
Desert ark
Great African films, vol. 3 : Daratt (Dry season) & The Desert ark

Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:

[Fic] 892.7/36 22

LOC classification:

PN1997 .D3138 2008

Online resources:

Contents:

disc 1. Daratt = Dry season (ca. 96 min. ; 2006) -- disc 2. L'arche du desert = Desert ark (ca. 90 min. ; 1997).

Production credits:

Daratt: Photography, Abraham Haile Biru ; editor, Marie-Hélène Dozo ; music, Wasis Diop.
L'arche du desert: Photography, Mustapha Belmihoub ; editor, Yamina Chouikh ; music, Philippe Arthuys.

Awards:

Daratt: Winner, Special Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival, 2006 ; Bronze Yennenga Stallion FESPACO 2007.
Desert Ark: Winner, Best Cinematography, Special Jury Prize, FESPACO 1999.

Daratt: Ali Bacha Barkaï, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah, Djibril Ibrahim.L'arche du desert: Myriam Aouffen, Messaouda Adami, Hacen Abdou, Shyraz Aliane, Amin Chouikh.Summary: Daratt: The government of Chad granted amnesty to war criminals in 2006, following forty years of civil strife. Atim, age 16, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may find and kill the man who killed his father. Atim quickly locates Nassara, now married and living as a baker in a nearby village. Pretending to be looking for work, Atim is hired as an apprentice baker. Despite his disgust, Atim gradually recognizes the father figure he has always needed. Nassara sees the teenager as a potential son and one day proposes adoption.Summary: L'arche du desert: A Romeo and Juliet story of two young lovers whose families are bitter rivals, and who seek refuge in a cave amid extremist political violence.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02177 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	16050183511

Originally released in 2006.

English parallel title of 2nd film on container: The desert ark.

Daratt originally produced as a motion picture in Chad, 2006; L'arche du desert originally produced as a motion picture in Algeria, 1997.

Special features: (Daratt) about the filmmaker, director's statement; (L'arche du desert) about the filmmaker.

disc 1. Daratt = Dry season (ca. 96 min. ; 2006) -- disc 2. L'arche du desert = Desert ark (ca. 90 min. ; 1997).

DVD; NTSC; widescreen (1st film), standard format (2nd film).

In French and Arabic (Daratt) and Arabic (L'arche du desert) with subtitles in English.

Daratt: Winner, Special Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival, 2006 ; Bronze Yennenga Stallion FESPACO 2007.

Desert Ark: Winner, Best Cinematography, Special Jury Prize, FESPACO 1999.

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