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Tanza

After seeing his family massacred, a 12-year-old African boy joins an army of freedom fighters. Ordered to detonate two bombs, he discovers his target is a school where children just like him will be arriving shortly.

  • Italy, Algeria
  • 2005, 16 min
  • Director: Mehdi Charef
  • Director of photography: Philippe Brelot
  • Editor: Yannick Kergoat
  • Screenplay: Mehdi Charef
  • Music: Rokia Trore
  • Cast: Adama Bila, Elysée Rouamba, Rodrigue Ouattara, Ahmed Ouedraogo, Harouna Ouedraogo
  • Contacts: Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, A-Company Film Licensing International
  • Producer: Bruno Hodebert
  • Production: MK Film Productions S.r.l./ RAI Cinemafiction

PROJECTIONS
11.12. 19:00 Praha | Světozor - Grand Hall
11.12. 21:30 Praha | Světozor - Grand Hall

Mehdi Charef

Mehdi Charef (1952, Algeria) lives in France. In 1985 he adapted his first novel, Le thé au harem d´Archimède, into a feature film. He has written two other novels, Le Harki de Meriem and La maison d´Alexina, and directed the following features: Miss Mona (1987), Camomille (1988), Au pays de Juliets (1992), Marie-Line (2000), La fille de Keltoum (2001).