Zozo
Greek title: Ζοζό
Russian title: Зозо
Original title: Zozo
Russian title: Зозо
Original title: Zozo
Alternative titles:
ZoZo
ZoZo
Drama – Sweden, Lebanon
Production year: 2004
Movie length: 103 minutes
Production year: 2004
Movie length: 103 minutes
Director: Josef Fares
Movie description:
Twelve-year-old Zozo grows up in war-torn Beirut. In spite of the situation, Zozo leads a fairly normal life – he goes to school, has family and friends. But then tragedy strikes. Zozo loses his parents and he has to make his own way in life. His greatest hope is to get to Sweden, where his grandparents live.
In this, his third feature film, Josef Fares, more often associated with screwball comedies, addresses aspects of his own life. He does so with a mix of melancholy tragedy and quirky humour. Few films have ever portrayed the fate of children deracinated by the wars of adults with such candour and conviction.
A young boy faces challenges both funny and terrifying in this drama from writer and director Josef Fares. It’s 1987, and Zozo is a twelve-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 mother and father plan to follow as soon as their passports and exit visas are approved. On the day that their papers finally come through, Zozo’s mother asks him to go outside and get something for her – and just misses being killed by the shell that explodes into their home. With his parents dead and his older brother missing, Zozo sees little choice but to fetch his passport and airline ticket and make his way to the airport on foot. With his pet bird in tow and a young girl named Rita who is running away from home for company, Zozo sets out on the long walk that will be the first leg in his journey to a new home. In time, Zozo makes his way to Sweden, where he’s taken in by his grandmother and grandfather. However, Zozo feels like a fish out of water in his unfamiliar surroundings, and the increasingly eccentric behavior of his grandparents does nothing to make him feel more comfortable in this strange land. Zozo was loosely inspired by the youthful experiences of Josef Fares, who himself emigrated to Sweden when he was ten.
In this, his third feature film, Josef Fares, more often associated with screwball comedies, addresses aspects of his own life. He does so with a mix of melancholy tragedy and quirky humour. Few films have ever portrayed the fate of children deracinated by the wars of adults with such candour and conviction.
A young boy faces challenges both funny and terrifying in this drama from writer and director Josef Fares. It’s 1987, and Zozo is a twelve-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 mother and father plan to follow as soon as their passports and exit visas are approved. On the day that their papers finally come through, Zozo’s mother asks him to go outside and get something for her – and just misses being killed by the shell that explodes into their home. With his parents dead and his older brother missing, Zozo sees little choice but to fetch his passport and airline ticket and make his way to the airport on foot. With his pet bird in tow and a young girl named Rita who is running away from home for company, Zozo sets out on the long walk that will be the first leg in his journey to a new home. In time, Zozo makes his way to Sweden, where he’s taken in by his grandmother and grandfather. However, Zozo feels like a fish out of water in his unfamiliar surroundings, and the increasingly eccentric behavior of his grandparents does nothing to make him feel more comfortable in this strange land. Zozo was loosely inspired by the youthful experiences of Josef Fares, who himself emigrated to Sweden when he was ten.
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