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Summary Adam, a former swimming champion in his sixties, is a pool attendant at a hotel in Chad. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son, Abdel, leaving Adam humiliated and resentful. Meanwhile the country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government and the a...

A Screaming Man
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable
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Summary Adam, a former swimming champion in his sixties, is a pool attendant at a hotel in Chad. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son, Abdel, leaving Adam humiliated and resentful. Meanwhile the country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government and the a...

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Metascore
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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38% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
6.3
50% Positive
2 Ratings
25% Mixed
1 Rating
25% Negative
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Production Company Pili Films, Entre Chien et Loup, Goi-Goi Productions, TV5MONDE, Fonds Francophone de Production Audiovisuelle du Sud, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Canal+, CinéCinéma, Tax Shelter de Facoz, Pranarôm International, AR Media, Casa Kafka Pictures, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Dexia
Release Date Apr 13, 2011
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating Not Rated
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Dubai International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations