MONSIEUR IBRAHIM

During the early 1960`s, Paris, like the much of Europe, was an explosion of life. As the old gave way to the new, everything was in flux and the city was filled with a energy that promised cultural shifts and social change. Against this background, in a working class neighborhood, two unlikely characters – a young Jew and an elderly Muslim – begin a friendship. When we meet Momo (Pierre Boulanger), he is in effect an orphan even though he lives with his father, a man slowly retreating into a crippling depression. His only friends are the street whores who treat him with genuine affection. Momo buys his groceries at the neighborhood shop, a crowded dark space owned and run by Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), a silent and exotic looking man who sees and knows more than he lets on. After Momo is abandoned by his father, Ibrahim becomes the one grown up in Momo`s life. Together they begin a journey that will change their lives forever.

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