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About the Film

Director: François Dupeyron

Actors: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki

About the Film

A boy from a broken home finds a friend in an insular, spiritual shopkeeper in this period drama from writer/director François Dupeyron. Set in 1960s Paris, Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran revolves around Momo (Pierre Boulanger), a young man who lives alone with his father in the bustling Rue Bleu district. Still smarting over the separation from his wife and other son, Momo's dad neglects his son in ways both minor and major, to the point where the teen spends most of his time out of school alone and isolated. He finds an unlikely ally in Monsieur Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), a Muslim shopkeeper who spends most of his days behind the counter of his store reading the Koran. As time passes, Momo and Ibrahim begin to bring each other out of his respective shell, sharing a series of everyday adventures, culminating in Momo's indoctrination into Ibrahim's faith.
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Praise

Tender but never sappy, Monsieur Ibrahim brings two people of vastly different age and background together in ways that are touching and telling.
– Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
An appealing breeze of the French New Wave blows through the film.
- Ty Burr, Boston Globe




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