Zozo

2005, Drama, 1h 42m

2 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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Movie Info

As a Lebanese family attempts to escape violence in Beirut, a terrorist bombing kills all but Zozo (Imad Creidi), their youngest son. Zozo manages to immigrate to Sweden to live with his charismatic grandfather (Elias Gergi). Grieving the loss of his parents and siblings and struggling with a baffling new language, Zozo finds himself the object of constant bullying at school. As his first-hand experience with war has resigned him to pacifism, Zozo escapes into vivid daydreams to soothe his pain.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Arabic
Director:

Josef Fares
Producer:

Anna Anthony
Writer:

Josef Fares
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 20, 2020
Runtime:

1h 42m
Production Co:

Memfis Film, Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst
Sound Mix:

DTS, Dolby Digital

Cast & Crew

Imad Creidi
Zozo

Antoinette Turk
Rita

Elias Gergi
Zozo's Grandfather

Carmen Lebbos
Zozo's Mom

Viktor Axelsson
Leo

Charbel Iskandar
Zozo's Father

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Critic Reviews for Zozo

All Critics (2) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (2)

With its powerful tragic wallop and dreamlike journey through the war zone, the Lebanese-set section of the film feels rich enough to have sustained a feature on its own.

October 18, 2005

Leslie Felperin
Variety
A rare example of a coming-of-age picture that didn't irritate and bore me.

September 17, 2005

Jon Popick
Planet S Magazine

With its powerful tragic wallop and dreamlike journey through the war zone, the Lebanese-set section of the film feels rich enough to have sustained a feature on its own.

October 18, 2005

Leslie Felperin
Variety
A rare example of a coming-of-age picture that didn't irritate and bore me.

September 17, 2005

Jon Popick
Planet S Magazine

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Audience Reviews for Zozo

Feb 16, 2011

Zozo is a 2005 Swedish-Lebanese film about a Lebanese boy during the civil war, who gets separated from his family and ends up in Sweden living with his grandparents. Written and directed by Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares, the story was mostly inspired by his real life immigration to Sweden during the war. He even decided to cast his own relatives in this movie: Abdulahad Fares was Rita's dad and Fares Fares (Josefs brother) was the voice of the talking chicken. The film was Sweden's representative for Best Foreign film at the 78th Academy Awards and won The Nordic Council Film Prize in 2006. But, I'll have to admit that the beginning was too slow... after that picked up, but some of the dreaming sequences were a little bit confusing for an average viewer. At the end, I can say it was a good movie I enjoyed watching... bring us more Lebanese movies!

Panta O Super Reviewer
Apr 03, 2010

Zozo was a beautiful Swedish movie showing the world from a dreaming eleven year old Libanese boy's point of view. The realistic filming captured the emotions in an extraordinary way, and brought you closer to his mind and imagination. On the day they were leaving Libanon to go to Sweden to live with the Grandparents, a bomb fell on their house and killed all his family, he survived and hide from the soldiers.He was found and sent to his grandparents in Sweden, where he was not accepted by his classmates and rejected as a foreigner.It was well cast, and even being a sad story it had some funny parts. The grandfather played a great role and Zozo's character was amazing.

Daisy M Super Reviewer
Dec 19, 2009

Story of an Arabic boy moving from Lebanon to Sweden.

Wahida K Super Reviewer
Sep 11, 2006

i liked kopps a lot more but this is no comedy. zozo's story is fairly brutal and the cinematography is nicely done. haven't seen Jalla Jalla but Josef Fares has really impressed me so far.

steve c Super Reviewer