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Monsieur Ibrahim (original title: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran; (French pronunciation: [məsjø ibʁaim e le flœʁ dy kɔʁɑ̃], Mister Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qur'an) is a 2003 French drama film starring Omar Sharif, and directed by François Dupeyron. The film is based on a book by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
Mar 5, 2004 · What happens there, you will have to discover on your own, but while “The 400 Blows” ended on a note of bleak realism, “Monsieur Ibrahim” settles for melodrama and sentiment. Well, why not? Momo is not as star-crossed as Antoine Doinel and Ibrahim achieves a destiny he accepts.
Mr. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran was originally written in French as a play, based upon the life of Schmitt's friend, Bruno Abraham Kremer. Kremer had asked Schmitt to write a play based upon his life growing up in Paris, specifically the relationship with his grandfather, Mr. Abraham.
Monsieur Ibrahim: Directed by François Dupeyron. With Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Isabelle Renauld. In Paris, a Turkish shop owner befriends a Jewish boy in his mid-teens.
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- Comedy, Drama
- François Dupeyron
- 2004-04-09
Dec 5, 2003 · Mr. Sharif's character is, in some ways, a dubious conceit; he is the selfless repository of exotic Eastern wisdom whose main purpose in life is to shepherd his young friend through life's...
- François Dupeyron
Monsieur Ibrahim is a graceful and glowing French film set in Paris, France, during the 1960s where a Sufi grocer brings light and love into the life of a lonely Jewish boy. There is a dreamy and fairy-tale like quality to this wonderful film that makes it quite enchanting.
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Sep 4, 2003 · Monsieur Ibrahim And The Flowers Of The Koran. Set in 1960s low-rent Paris, an aging Muslim takes a Jewish boy under his wing. Omar Sharif sparkles as a Turkish grocery store owner and...
