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- 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.
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Monsieur Ibrahim. 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.
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.
A Dickensian story: Paris in the sixties, Momo is 13 and an orphan whose only friend is Monsieur Ibrahim, the Arab grocer from the Rue Bleue. This is a nickname, because Rue Bleue ('Blue Road') is not so blue, and Monsieur Ibrahim may be a Muslim but he is Turkish not Arabic.
Monsieur Ibrahim legally adopts Moses. The two then head east across Europe to the grocer’s homeland. Along the way, Monsieur Ibrahim teaches Moses the art of living mindfully: “Slowness, that’s the secret of happiness” (43).
Sep 4, 2003 · 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 self-styled philosopher.
Upon forming a friendship with the grocer Monsieur Ibrahim, who insists on affectionately bestowing upon Moses the nickname “Momo,” Moses learns profound life lessons through the man’s simple gems of wisdom, which the latter generally proclaims to be contained in his Koran.
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