Once upon a father

Once upon a father
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2011
Format : Feature
Running time : 90 (in minutes)

During the evening of her 30th birthday, a woman visits Imane in her luxurious flat in Casablanca. The woman claims to be her real mother and shows Imane proof and documents to convince her. She also informs her that her real father is none other than Oussama Bin Laden himself. Faced with such news, Imane hesitates and then decides to go to the place where she was apparently born in Peshawar to find out for herself. Her best friend Samy, a crazy gay who has a great deal of difficulty accepting who he is and who runs his own beauty salon, accompanies her in her quest to find her father. This is an initiation journey through Pakistan and Afghanistan for two people who are complete opposites.


NOTE D'INTENTION / DIRECTOR'S NOTE

"The film is not a biography of the world's most sought-after man but a look into what would happen if an unimaginable event, which would radically change anybody's life, were to occur in somebody's existence: learn that your father is a man of the calibre of Bin Laden. This film is a comedy drama in which tragedy and the burlesque go hand in hand. It is the story of the friendship between Imane and Samy, two outcasts (but for different reasons) and in particular a story of war, suffering, encounters and humanity. In the end Bin Laden is nothing more than a lost daughter's father and not the elusive criminal who is tracked down by all the secret services in the world."

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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