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Dry Season

Dry Season (Daratt)

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  • Chad,
  • France,
  • Belgium,
  • Austria
  • 2006
  • · 96m

Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Cast Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller

In postwar Chad, the government declares amnesty for war criminals. Atim is tasked by his grandfather with tracking down — and executing — his father’s killer. Atim finds the man, now a baker, husband, and practicing Muslim and must decide whether to continue the cycle of violence.

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What are critics saying?

80

Village Voice

African director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's austere, hypnotic third feature explores the legacy of Chad's decades-long civil war.

80

Variety by Deborah Young

Using a simple storytelling style that grows stronger with each passing scene, Dry Season draws the viewer into its small two-character drama set in post-war Chad, while it offers a deep reflection on injustice and frustrated revenge.

80

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

The film has the feel of a gift. Particularly noteworthy are Mr. Haroun's eloquent silences, visual and aural.

80

Village Voice by Michelle Orange

African director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's austere, hypnotic third feature explores the legacy of Chad's decades-long civil war.

75

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Liam Lacey

Though the progress of Atim's increasing empathy is predictable, the film understates its points effectively, without simplification.