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Zozo

2005 1h 42m Drama List
Tomatometer 2 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
As a Lebanese family attempts to escape violence in Beirut, a terrorist bombing kills all but Zozo (Imad Creidi), their youngest son. Zozo manages to immigrate to Sweden to live with his charismatic grandfather (Elias Gergi). Grieving the loss of his parents and siblings and struggling with a baffling new language, Zozo finds himself the object of constant bullying at school. As his first-hand experience with war has resigned him to pacifism, Zozo escapes into vivid daydreams to soothe his pain.

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Leslie Felperin Variety With its powerful tragic wallop and dreamlike journey through the war zone, the Lebanese-set section of the film feels rich enough to have sustained a feature on its own. Oct 18, 2005 Full Review Jon Popick Planet S Magazine A rare example of a coming-of-age picture that didn't irritate and bore me. Sep 17, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member For a serious Swedish film this is really good. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member i loved the movie so much but the other half of the film started to lack and i didn't like the ending i love big endings not like this :) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member whats with his dreams/hallucinations, if it weren't for those i might have liked it better Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Best movie of J.Fares! Normally I do not like artificial elements like the little chicken in Zozo in a serious movie. But here it fits perfectly in... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member It was 50% boring and 50% interesting. When you calculate this mathematic problem, you get an average film after all. What a pity, cause the idea was original and nice. Sometimes something more than furious shooting films should be made as this one for a good example... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Zozo is a 2005 Swedish-Lebanese film about a Lebanese boy during the civil war, who gets separated from his family and ends up in Sweden living with his grandparents. Written and directed by Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares, the story was mostly inspired by his real life immigration to Sweden during the war. He even decided to cast his own relatives in this movie: Abdulahad Fares was Rita's dad and Fares Fares (Josefs brother) was the voice of the talking chicken. The film was Sweden's representative for Best Foreign film at the 78th Academy Awards and won The Nordic Council Film Prize in 2006. But, I'll have to admit that the beginning was too slow... after that picked up, but some of the dreaming sequences were a little bit confusing for an average viewer. At the end, I can say it was a good movie I enjoyed watching... bring us more Lebanese movies! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis As a Lebanese family attempts to escape violence in Beirut, a terrorist bombing kills all but Zozo (Imad Creidi), their youngest son. Zozo manages to immigrate to Sweden to live with his charismatic grandfather (Elias Gergi). Grieving the loss of his parents and siblings and struggling with a baffling new language, Zozo finds himself the object of constant bullying at school. As his first-hand experience with war has resigned him to pacifism, Zozo escapes into vivid daydreams to soothe his pain.
Director
Josef Fares
Producer
Anna Anthony
Screenwriter
Josef Fares
Production Co
Film i Väst, Memfis Film, Zentropa Entertainment
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 20, 2020
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby Digital