Zozo

Zozo (2005)

  • 78% of users liked it
    (3,604 ratings)

A young boy faces challenges both funny and terrifying in this drama from writer and director Josef Fares. It's 1987, and Zozo (Imad Creidi) is a ten-year-old boy whose parents are struggling to flee Beirut as warfare in the streets accelerates. Zozo's grandparents have emigrated to Sweden, and his… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 42 min.
Directed By
Josef Fares
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Sep 2, 2005 Wide
On DVD
Sep 4, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • Leslie Felperin, Variety

    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.

  • Jon Popick, Planet Sick-Boy

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

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Wahida K


    Story of an Arabic boy moving from Lebanon to Sweden.

  • Panta O


    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… More

  • Daisy M


    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… More

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