Monsieur Ibrahim

Monsieur Ibrahim
Film poster
Directed byFrançois Dupeyron
Written by
Based onMonsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran
by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Produced byLaurent Pétin
Michèle Pétin
StarringOmar Sharif
Pierre Boulanger
Gilbert Melki
Isabelle Renauld
Lola Naymark
Isabelle Adjani
CinematographyRémy Chevrin
Edited byDominique Faysse
Distributed byARP Sélection
Release date
  • 17 September 2003 (2003-09-17)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget€5.3 million[1]
Box office$11.6 million[2]

Monsieur Ibrahim (original title: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran; (French pronunciation: [məsjø ibʁaim e le flœʁ dy kɔʁɑ̃], Mister Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an) is a 2003 French drama film starring Omar Sharif, and directed by François Dupeyron. The film is based on a book by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.

Plot

The story unfolds in a working-class neighborhood in the Paris of the 1960s. The protagonist, Moїse Schmidt (Momo), is a young Jewish boy growing up without a mother and with a father afflicted by crippling depression. Momo is fascinated by the elderly Turkish Muslim man, Ibrahim Demirci, who runs a grocery store across the street from his apartment (where Momo often shoplifts). Their relationship develops and soon Momo feels closer to Ibrahim than to his father. Ibrahim affectionately calls Moїse Momo, and adopts him when his father leaves and commits suicide. Momo and Ibrahim go on a journey in their new car to Turkey, Ibrahim's native country, where Momo learns about Ibrahim's culture. At the end of their adventure, Ibrahim is killed in a car crash and Momo returns to Paris to take over the shop.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Also nominated for several awards, including the 2004 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran". JP's Box-Office.
  2. ^ Monsieur Ibrahim at Box Office Mojo