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DRY SEASON
(DARATT, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2006, France/Chad/Belgium, 96 minutes)
Atlanta Premiere!
Awards: Unesco Award, Signis Award-Special Mention, Human Rights Film Network Award - Special Mention, Grand Special Jury Prize, UNESCO Award, Venice Film Festival (2006)
Chad 2006. The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals. Atim, 16 years old, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his father. Atim quickly discovers that his victim, Nassara, is now married and settled down and that he has become the owner of a small bakery in N
