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  • Summary: Set in the sub-Saharan country of Chad, this is the story of two young brothers and their mother who are devastated when their father suddenly disappears.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    100
    Truly magnificent.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    80
    Poignant though it is, the movie is the opposite of depressing. There is too much life in it.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Megan Lehmann
    50
    This modest little film out of Africa suffers from largely rudderless direction, relying for any sense of profundity on the breathtaking beauty of Abraham Haile Biru's cinematography.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. M.Daye
    10
    Sometimes silence can say so much more than blocks of mawkish dialogue. Brilliantly-acted and wonderfully shot.
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