A Screaming Man

2010 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62% · 41 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 1907 1.9K

pool attendant republic of chad

Plot summary

Adam Ousmane is a pool attendant at a local resort. When the new managers decide to downsize, Adam loses his job to his own son, Abdel. Shattered by the turn of events, Adam is pressured into contributing to the Chadian war effort. With no money to speak of, the only asset he can donate is his son.

Director

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Photo
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Top cast

Diouc Koma Photo
Diouc Koma as Abdel Ousmane
Youssouf Djaoro Photo
Youssouf Djaoro as Adam Ousmane 'Champion'
Emile Abossolo M'bo Photo
Emile Abossolo M'bo as Le chef de quartier
Hadje Fatime N'Goua Photo
Hadje Fatime N'Goua as Mariam
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836.56 MB
1280*548
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.52 GB
1904*816
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lischneider 6 / 10

A Screaming Man

"A Screaming Man," directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun, was a very slow-paced, but somewhat moving film. The silences and actions of the characters led the viewers to conceive a message worth a million words. I thought this was a very interesting way to film, and it led me and my classmates to interpret our own messages out of the film's dialogue through the actors' eye contact. "A Screaming Man," is a puzzling film that will lead you to rethink how people around the world interact with one another -- it definitely persuaded me to find a different global perspective. This film persuades the viewers to further think about the future and well-being of our world as it is today.
Reviewed by MartinHafer 6 / 10

A few breaths of life into this film could have made it so much better!

"A Screaming Man" ("Un homme qui crie") was a frustrating film to watch. There was so much potential but the film failed to exploit this throughout. And, while I would recommend you see it, it's the sort of film that most folks simply wouldn't sit through and SHOULD have been better.The movie is set in Chad. It appears to be sometime around the present day, though this is uncertain--as civil wars have been going on in the country off and on for decades and WHICH one this is isn't explained. This isn't really a problem--just go with it. The story centers around an older man nicknamed 'Champ', as he was a Central African swimming champion back in the 1960s. His job since has been to work as a pool attendant at a resort in his country. While to Westerners this might seem like a dull or unimportant job, it was everything to Champ--stability and a sense of importance. And when his boss began firing and rearranging things at the resort, Champ is panicked when they decide to have Champ's son take over the job alone (they'd both been working together) and move Champ to the job of gate keeper. What Champ does to cope with this is fascinating and makes for an interesting twist, but unfortunately though MOST of the film, Champ just keeps silent and broods. There is almost no visible emotion at all--just brooding and silence. And, after a while, the film gets VERY difficult to continue watching because of this. However, if you've invested this much time in the film, keep watching--the ending, though very sad, does tie everything together well. My overall verdict is that with more energy and life, this could have been an amazingly good film. Now, however, it's interesting to very patient folks only--which is sad, as we never get to see films about Chad and its people.
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