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- 2003
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 35 m
- 2003
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 35 m
Summary In a working class Paris neighborhood in the early 60's, two unlikely characters -- a young Jew and an elderly Muslim -- begin a friendship. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed By: François Dupeyron
Written By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, François Dupeyron
- 2003
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 35 m
- 2003
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 35 m
Monsieur Ibrahim
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5.2
Summary In a working class Paris neighborhood in the early 60's, two unlikely characters -- a young Jew and an elderly Muslim -- begin a friendship. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed By: François Dupeyron
Written By: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, François Dupeyron
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
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84% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
69
84% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
16% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Surely there is room in the movies for a small film with an unabashed, even old-fashioned but timeless humanist spirit -- and a triumphant portrayal by a veteran star that is likely to be regarded as one of the year's best.
A gracefully subtle, sweet-spirited French parable of the brotherhood of man that was nominated for a Golden Globe, won Omar Sharif a César Award for best actor and has been a surprise hit in Europe.
With the careful timing and nuance of a master actor, Sharif turns a two-dimensional sketch into the film's most absorbing character.
Adapting a novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, François Dupeyron uses handheld cameras and some jarring edits, but, prostitutes and all, this is storybook material: heartfelt, pleasant, cuddly, and a little too insubstantial to stick in the mind for long.
Unusual in its ambition to pose deep spiritual questions, but its enticing surfaces -- including the beautiful working girls and Isabelle Adjani's surprise cameo as a Bardot-esque starlet -- are the best thing about it.
It is a treat to see Sharif back on the screen and Boulanger is a pleasure to watch. They make Monsieur Ibrahim better than it is.
Maybe someday an enterprising filmmaker will make a film about this forgotten chapter in Muslim-Jewish relations. It would be a lot more compelling and memorable than the nonsense in Monsieur Ibrahim.
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Based on 6 User Ratings
5.2
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Production Company
ARP Sélection,
France 3 Cinéma
Release Date Dec 5, 2003
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
• 3 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 2 Nominations
