Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran

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Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran

R,

2004,

1h 34m,

Drama

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5,000+ Ratings

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For Momo (Pierre Boulanger), a young Jewish kid growing up in Paris in the early 1960s, life is pretty exciting. He's friends with many of the local prostitutes and loses his virginity to one of them, Sylvie (Anne Suarez). He also catches glimpses of a famous movie star (Isabelle Adjani) filming in his neighborhood. But it's his friendship with a Muslim shopkeeper, Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), that's the most rewarding part of his life. Gradually, the older man becomes a surrogate father to Momo.

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Critics Consensus

With tender, assured performances, Sharif and Boulanger elevate what might have been a rote coming-of-age tale.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

Apr 2, 2004

4/5

That rare film about the sort of emotionally needy people who don't wear their neediness on their sleeves.

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Mar 25, 2004

3.5/4

Tender but never sappy, Monsieur Ibrahim brings two people of vastly different age and background together in ways that are touching, and telling.

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

Mar 12, 2004

Contrary to expectation, it's neither a movie about religion nor the coming together of enemies. What it is, at heart, is a movie about love.

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

Aug 7, 2008

4/5

Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS)

Jul 2, 2004

1.5/5

Unbearably life affirming and quasi-spiritual... [Sharif] dispenses bromides like a watery-eyed, Middle-Eastern Forrest Gump.

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Eric D. Snider

EricDSnider.com

May 18, 2004

B+

Director Francois Depeyron evokes the look and feel of nostalgia extremely well, recalling films like 'Cinema Paradiso' for their wistfulness and charm.

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François Dupeyron

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Omar Sharif

Ibrahim

Pierre Boulanger

Momo

Gilbert Melki

Momo's father

Lola Naymark

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Anne Suarez

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Synopsis

For Momo (Pierre Boulanger), a young Jewish kid growing up in Paris in the early 1960s, life is pretty exciting. He's friends with many of the local prostitutes and loses his virginity to one of them, Sylvie (Anne Suarez). He also catches glimpses of a famous movie star (Isabelle Adjani) filming in his neighborhood. But it's his friendship with a Muslim shopkeeper, Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), that's the most rewarding part of his life. Gradually, the older man becomes a surrogate father to Momo.

Director: François Dupeyron
Producer: Laurent Pétin, Michèle Pétin
Screenwriter: François Dupeyron
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: France 3 Cinéma
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 12, 2004, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Jan 7, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.8M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround

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