Youssouf Djaoro
Nacimiento : , Chad
Historia
Youssouf Djaoro is a Chadian film actor.
He made his debut by appearing in the film Daresalam in 2000 in which he played the character of Tom. It was directed by the critically acclaimed Issa Serge Coelo and was the first of several films they have collaborated with. Tartina City, also directed by Coelo in 2006 in which Djaoro played a journalist won the Innovation Award at the 31st Montreal World Film Festival. Later in 2006 he starred in the film Daratt playing the role of Nassara. Directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Darratt won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival, as well as eight other prizes at Venice and the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. For his role in "A Screaming Man", Djaoro won the Silver Hugo for best actor at the 46th Chicago International Film Festival.
Brahim
En las afueras de la capital de Chad, la decidida madre soltera Amina trabaja incansablemente para mantenerse a sí misma y a su hija María de 15 años. Cuando Amina descubre que María está embarazada y no quiere un hijo, las dos mujeres comienzan a buscar un aborto, condenado tanto por la religión como por la ley. En el proceso, madre e hija forjan una conexión más fuerte que nunca.
Narrator
In this tale, halfway between reality and fantasy, a mysterious narrator tells us the story of Amani, a young boy passionate about dance. But as the night begins to rumble, Amani’s joie de vivre disappears to give way to his pain.
Le vendeur de souvenirs
En el cumpleaños de Ariane, todos sus invitados se han disculpado por no poder asistir, con lo que Ariane coge el coche y deja su zona residencial para perderse en la ciudad.
Alhadj
A pesar de que su pierna paralizada debería impedírselo, Grigris, de 25 años, sueña con ser bailarín. Un desafío. Pero su sueño se desvanece cuando su tío enferma gravemente. Para salvarle, decide trabajar para traficantes de gasolina…
Adam 'Champion' Ousmane
Chad, en la actualidad. Adam, sesenta y tantos años, antiguo campeón de natación, es profesor en la piscina de un hotel de lujo en N'Djamena. Cuando unos empresarios chinos adquieren el hotel, se ve obligado a dejar su puesto a su hijo Abdel. Sufre mucho con esta situación, que considera como una decadencia social. El país es presa de la guerra civil y los rebeldes armados amenazan el poder. El gobierno, como respuesta, recurre a la población para un "esfuerzo de guerra" que exige de ellos dinero o hijos en edad de combatir a los asaltantes. Por este motivo, Adam es acosado constantemente por su Jefe de Distrito para que entregue su contribución. Pero Adam no tiene dinero, lo único que tiene es su hijo...
Moussa attempts to cross the desert to escape his debts, only to return to his village defeated and dejected.
In an unnamed African country, a journalist is jailed after attempting to report on a sadistic colonel's death squad.
Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he goes in search of Nassara, the man who made him an orphan. It does not take long before he finds him. Nassara, who now goes straight, is married, goes to the mosque and owns a small bakery. After some hesitation Atim offers him his services as an apprentice. He is hired then it will be easy for him to gun down the murderer of his father. At least, that is what he thinks...
Tom
In a small Central African village, boyhood friends Djimi and Koni have come of age under a post-colonial government that levies crippling taxes and legally robs local farmers of their meager crops. When impulsive Koni savagely attacks a visiting government official, the resulting massacre forces the two friends on a journey that will transform them from boys into men, from farmers into soldiers and from villagers into revolutionaries. "We fight in one world so we can live in another," declares Koni as the two battle shoulder to shoulder against government troops. But while Koni embraces the politics and carnage of their dangerous new guerilla existence, Djimi longs for the simplicity and grace of the village life they've left behind. As the rebels move closer to victory, the two friends move closer to a clash of their own.
