The movie of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun «grigris«, The only representative of the African continent this year at the Cannes Film Festival, she was one of the favorites but after the screening she has not received overly enthusiastic reviews.
Production Chad It has not been very well received in this new edition of the French competition and it would be very strange if we saw it among the award-winning films this year.
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, despite coming from a country with a small film production, is by no means an unknown filmmaker. In 2006 his film "Dry Season" was made with the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
The filmmaker is also known already in the Cannes film festival, where in 2010 he won the Jury Prize with his film “A man who screams”.
Now, three years after being awarded for his previous work in the French competition, he presents his new work “grigris”, A film that tells the story of a boy with leg problems who wants to be a dancer and who works for criminals to support his sick father.
"Grigris" pointed out was one of the aspirants to the Palm of Gold that sounded louder to appear on the list of this year's Cannes Film Festival.
The vast majority of critics point to its leading actor Soulémane Deme, unprofessional performer so far, like the best of the movie.
More information - Cannes 2013 Preview: “Grigris” by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun