Fresh
It's an intelligent, good-looking film and one that confirms Haroun as one of Africa's leading filmmakers.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Overview
Adam Ousmane is a pool attendant at a local resort. When the new managers decide to downsize, Adam loses his job to his own son, Abdel. Shattered by the turn of events, Adam is pressured into contributing to the Chadian war effort. With no money to speak of, the only asset he can donate is his son.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's movie... shows the quiet desperation that results from inner and outer conflicts.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Fresh
[Goes] in a blink from an intriguing personal-breakdown portrait to an all-out social autopsy on life during perpetual wartime.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
The film is quiet and thoughtful, yet forcefully makes its point about the folly of war.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
"A Screaming Man" is a quiet, tender, finally wrenching story of an individual at the intersection of the personal and the political.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
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