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Zozo | |
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Directed by | Josef Fares |
Written by | Josef Fares |
Produced by | Anna Anthony |
Starring |
Imad Creidi Antoinette Turk Elias Gergi Carmen Lebbos |
Music by | Adam Nordén |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Countries | Lebanon Sweden |
Languages |
Swedish Arabic |
Zozo is a Swedish-Lebanese drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 2 September 2005. [1] The film was selected as the official Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Zozo tells the story of a Lebanese boy (Imad Creidi), during the civil war, who gets separated from his family and ends up in Sweden.[ citation needed]
The film was directed by Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares. The story is mostly inspired by Fares' real life immigration to Sweden during the war.[ citation needed]
The film was Sweden's representative for Best Foreign film at the 78th Academy Awards. [2] It won The Nordic Council Film Prize in 2006.[ citation needed]