Allah Is Not Obliged

Original Title: Allah n'est pas obligé

Animation | 90' | 2021 (In development)

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Director:	Zaven Najjar
Producer:	Annemie Degryse
Writer:	Karine Winczura, Zaven Najjar

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With a dictionary in one hand and a gun in the other, Birahima explains how he became a child soldier in an African tribal war.

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Birahima is a 10-year-old orphan from Guinea. With the help of four dictionaries, and a lot of irony, he tells the story of how he was drawn into a tribal war when he tried to join his aunt in Liberia. Yacouba, a scoundrel who goes with him, convinces Birahima to become a child soldier, while establishing himself as a gri-gri man among the combatants. Plunged into chaos, torn between the many enemy factions, Birahima grows up fast and learns to distrust the stories he is told.
Birahima, un orphelin guinéen d’une dizaine d’années, raconte avec l’aide de quatre dictionnaires et beaucoup d’ironie comment il est précipité dans la guerre tribale quand il tente de rejoindre sa tante au Libéria : Yacouba, une crapule qui l’accompagne, le convainc de devenir enfant soldat, pendant que lui s’installe comme grigriman et féticheur parmi les combattants. En plein chaos, baladé entre les nombreuses factions ennemies, Birahima grandit en accéléré et apprend à se méfier des histoires qu’on lui raconte.
Gewapend met vier woordenboeken en met veel ironie vertelt Birahima, een Guineese weesjongen van een jaar of tien, hoe hij betrokken raakt bij de stammenoorlog wanneer hij zijn tante in Liberia wil opzoeken. Yacouba, die de tocht samen met Birahima onderneemt, kan de jongen ervan overtuigen kindsoldaat te worden. Zelf werpt hij zich bij de strijders op als grigriman, iemand die amuletten maakt, en medicijnman. Midden in de chaos wordt Birahima heen en weer geslingerd tussen de verschillende vijandelijke facties. Birahima wordt in geen tijd volwassen en leert de verhalen die hij te horen krijgt met het nodige wantrouwen te benaderen.

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Type
Film
Category
Animation
Production share
Minority Flemish co-production
Belgium
Genre
Animation
Year of production

2021
Production status
In development
Original title
Allah n'est pas obligé
Original language
French

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Running time
90'
Available in
2D
Available formats
DCP
Colour
Colour

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Special Touch Studios, Need Productions, Paul Thiltges Distributions

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Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Canal+, TV5, Screen Flanders

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Lumière Invest

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