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  • 2014
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2014
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Despite his bum leg, 25-year-old Grigris has hopes of becoming a professional dancer, making some extra cash putting his moves to good use at a local club. His dreams are tested when his step-father falls critically ill and he’s forced to risk his future by smuggling oil to pay the hospital bills. When he befriends a beautiful but damage...

Directed By: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Written By: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

  • 2014
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2014
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 41 m

Grigris

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Summary Despite his bum leg, 25-year-old Grigris has hopes of becoming a professional dancer, making some extra cash putting his moves to good use at a local club. His dreams are tested when his step-father falls critically ill and he’s forced to risk his future by smuggling oil to pay the hospital bills. When he befriends a beautiful but damage...

Directed By: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Written By: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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60% Mixed
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70
May 26, 2013
The sleepy-paced, elementally simple plot initially requires a degree of patience, but the story ends up gently absorbing.
By Stephen Dalton FULL REVIEW
67
May 26, 2013
A straightforward tale of overcoming personal and professional challenges with no fancy dressing, Grigris goes down easy but offers nothing remotely fresh.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
60
May 26, 2013
The film is easier to admire than it is to invest in emotionally, though its pulse quickens with a dramatic, and boldly untelegraphed, feminist twist in the rural-set final reel.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
60
May 26, 2013
It is a typically calm, lucid drama, presented in the director's unforced, cinematic vernacular and attractively and sympathetically acted.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
50
May 29, 2013
Grigris is the unusual movie that takes a lead's obvious talents, and curiously backgrounds them, hoping for their charisma to carry over to more traditional cinematic purposes.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Pili Films, Goï Goï Productions, France 3 Cinéma, France Télévisions, Canal+, Ciné+, TV5MONDE, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Soficinéma 9, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Dec 31, 2014
Duration 1 h 41 m
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Tagline Stayin' Alive - African style.
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Dubai International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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