Venice. Daratt.

"Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (45), who studied film in Paris and journalism in Bordeaux, already a prize-winner at Venice for his 1999 directorial debut Bye Bye Africa," writes Camillo de Marco at Cineuropa, "has made a dramatic and tense film, which appears like a landscape after the storm, starring a sublime Youssouf Djaoro (can we hope for a prize for the actor?)."

"Using a simple storytelling style that grows stronger with each passing scene, Dry Season draws the viewer into its small two-character drama set in post-war Chad, while it offers a deep reflection on injustice and frustrated revenge," writes Variety's Deborah Young of "the only African film competing in Venice."

Another one also heading to Toronto.

Posted by dwhudson at September 3, 2006 12:16 PM