Movies - Monsieur Ibrahim

Home > Listing Index > Movies > Monsieur Ibrahim

	Movies - Monsieur Ibrahim

Monsieur Ibrahim (full title: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran) is a 2003 French movie starring Omar Sharif and directed by François Dupeyron. The movie is based on a book and a play by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.

Plot

The film begins in a working-class neighborhood in the 1960s Paris. The main character, Moses (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 Muslim man (Ibrahim) 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 Moses Momo, and adopts him when his father leaves and commits suicide. Moses and Ibrahim go on a journey to Turkey, Ibrahim's homeland. Ibrahim dies there in a car accident, and when Momo returns to France he finds that he has inherited the store. In the final scene, we see a young child pickpocketing from the store, and Momo calls out to him, replicating the first scene in which Momo was introduced to Ibrahim.

Cast

Monsieur Ibrahim – Omar Sharif
Momo – Pierre Boulanger
Momo's father – Gilbert Melki
Momo's mother – Isabelle Renauld
Myriam – Lola Naynmark
Sylvie – Anne Suarez
Fatou – Mata Gavin
Eva – Celine Samie

Awards

César Award (French Oscars), Best Actor 2004: Omar Sharif

Chicago International Film Festival, Silver Hugo for Best Male Performance 2003: Pierre Boulanger

Venice International Film Festival, Audience Award, Best Actor 2003: Omar Sharif

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

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Monsieur Ibrahim ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Monsieur Ibrahim; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Movies - Monsieur Ibrahim

Plot

Cast

Awards

Searches on eBay

Related searches on eBay