Zozo (2005)
There is always hope.
A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.
- Date of release
- 2005-09-02
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (37)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Josef Fares
Casting
- Imad Creidi — Zozo
- Antoinette Turk — Rita
- Elias Gergi — Zozo's grandfather
- Carmen Lebbos — Zozo's Mom
- Viktor Axelsson — Leo
- Charbel Iskandar — Zozo's father
- Yasmine Awad — Zozo's grandmother
- Jad Stephan — Zozo's brother Dani
- Tatiana Sarkis — Zozo's sister
- Elie Stello — Amil
- Fidel Béchara — Riad
- Fouad Hojeij — Headmaster Lebanon
Interesting facts
- Awards: 2 · Nominations: 1. Including: Nordic Council Film Prize; CICFF Professional Jury Award for Best Live-Action Feature Film
Zozo is a drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 2 September 2005. The film was selected as the official Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Production
The film was directed by Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares. The story is mostly inspired by Fares' real life immigration to Sweden during the war.
The film was Sweden's representative for Best Foreign film at the 78th Academy Awards. It won The Nordic Council Film Prize in 2006.
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