A Screaming Man (2011)
77%RT Audience Score: 61%
Awards & Nominations: 8 wins & 3 nominations
A Screaming Man deftly uses its personal look at a family dynamic to offer pointed political observations, confirming writer-director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun as a major talent
A Screaming Man is a movie that will make you feel all the emotions. It’s a story about family, betrayal, guilt, denial, faith, and secrecy. But don’t worry, it’s not all heavy stuff. There’s also some beautiful cinematography and a haunting performance from Djaoro. It’s like an arty melodrama, but don’t let that scare you away. It’s definitely worth a watch, even if you’re not usually into that kind of thing. Plus, it’s set in modern-day Chad, so you’ll get to learn a little something too.
Production Company(ies)
Dream Works Animation, Mad Hatter Entertainment, Vertigo Entertainment,
Distributor
Film Movement
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
L’Hotel de Meridien Chari, N’Djamena, Chad
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
Year of Release
2011
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 32m
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Language(s):French, Arabic
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Country of origin:France
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2011 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2011
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $193,981
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $255,376
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,884
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 27,849
US/Canada gross: $9,862
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $12,983
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,814
US/Canada opening weekend: $2,421
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $3,187
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,836
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Diouc Koma – Abdel
Emile Abossolo M’bo – Le chef de quartier
Marius Yelolo – David
Djénéba Koné – Djeneba
Hadje Fatime N’Goua – Mariam
Director(s)
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Writer(s)
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Producer(s)
Florence Stern
Film Festivals
Cannes
Awards & Nominations
8 wins & 3 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (41) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (5)
An elegant character study of father & son.
April 21, 2017
Wendy Okoi-Obuli
Shadow and Act
TOP CRITIC
A Screaming Man is a quiet film about family life, the relationship between fathers and children, and the way generations can shape and reshape each other. It ultimately has a sublime quality.
May 15, 2011
Philip French
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
This is not only a good-looking, well directed and splendidly shot and acted film. It is an unforgettable snapshot of a failed country, and one of the best films in London at the moment.
May 13, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
Derek Malcolm
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
Engrossing and enlightening but it doesn’t quite live up to its considerable promise.
May 13, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Emma Simmonds
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
Betrayal, guilt, denial, faith and secrecy all roil about beneath the film’s placid, almost wordless surface, which is beautifully observed with a stately, Ozu-like calmness.
May 12, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
Steve Rose
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
Haroun deploys no rhetoric at all. His cinema is as mute as Bresson, yet as incandescent.
May 12, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
It’s a story of sprawling scope on a deeply personal scale, using the family at its core as a microcosm for greater societal tragedy.
August 5, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
Mattie Lucas
From the Front Row
The director finds himself artistically stranded between the allegorical impulse and the will to historicize.
November 27, 2017
Michael Sicinski
Cinema Scope
Engrossing arty melodrama that brilliantly blends together a tragic political and psychological story set in modern-day Chad.
May 5, 2013 | Rating: A
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
full review at Movies for the Masses
December 26, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses
One man’s dark night of the soul brought on by civil war in Chad.
August 3, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality & Practice
It’s a quietly devastating film, aided greatly by a haunting performance from Djaoro.
June 13, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman…
Plot
A former Chadian swimmer loses his job to his own son and is pressured into contributing to the Chadian war effort by donating his son, who is then abducted into the Chadian army in A Screaming Man.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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