Zozo, 12 ans, grandit à Beyrouth. En dépit de la guerre civile, il mène avec sa famille une vie normale entre ses amis et son école. Mais un jour la tragédie inévitable frappe et il doit quitter son pays et son seul espoir va être de gagner la Suède qui est pour lui un pays inconnu.

Après ses comédies à succès Jalla! Jalla! et Kops, Josef Fares propose dans Zozo, une histoire très émouvante et plus dramatique, sans renier son sens de l’humour et son génie visuel.

Oscar du Meilleur film en langue étrangère 2006 (HOLLYWOOD, USA)
Nominé

A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.

Twelve-year-old Zozo grows up in war torn Beirut. In spite of the civil war, he leads a normal life with family, friends and school. But one day the inevitable tragedy strikes and Zozo is torn away from his family and is forced to make his own way through life. His only hope is to get himself to Sweden, for him an unknown country. Josef Fares follows the successful comedies Jalla! Jalla! and Kops with Zozo, a significantly more dramatic and emotionally charged story, directed with Fares’ trademark sense of humor and visual flare.

Director: Josef Fares
Writer: Josef Fares
Stars: Imad Creidi, Antoinette Turk, Elias Gergi


CAST
Imad Creidi… Zozo
Antoinette Turk… Rita
Elias Gergi… Zozo’s grandfather
Carmen Lebbos… Zozo’s Mom
Viktor Axelsson… Leo
Charbel Iskandar… Zozo’s father
Yasmine Awad… Zozo’s grandmother
Jad Stephan… Zozo’s brother Dani
Tatiana Sarkis… Zozo’s sister
Elie Stello… Amil
Fidel Béchara… Riad
Fouad Hojeij… Headmaster Lebanon
Abdallah Jabbour… French Teacher
Nazem Issa… Kaak Salesman
Elias Abdul… Bread Salesman (as Elias Abdul Ahad)
Pauline Zammata… Rita’s Sister
Abdulahad Fares… Rita’s Dad
Maura Andari… Dani’s Girlfriend
Cédric Chaccour… Ruler Boy
Tony Haddad… General
Pascal Gergi… Border Guard
Manuel Gergi… Border Guard
Ali Bazzi… Border Guard
Jean-Pierre Helou… Border Guard
Karim Mansour… Young Zozo
Maria Sabbagh… Young Zozo’s Sister
Ghadi Stephan… Young Dani
Harry Goldstein… Leo’s Dad
Elisabeth Falk… Teacher Sweden
Tove Wiréen… Passport Control Clerk
Bo Andersson… Swedish Police Officer
Ingvar Haggren… Swedish Police Officer
Dennis Edvinsson… Tobbe
Joakim Unge… Jocke
Jimmy Östberg… Jörgen
André Jakobsson… Martin
Leo Salomon Ringart… Johan
Elin Karlsson… Anna
Lucas Löwenäng… Boy in Corridor
Karl-Gunnar Malm… Welfare Officer
Labbe Nygren… Man in Garden
Mathias Gullbrandson… Teacher
Malte Forssell… Teacher
Fares Fares… The chicken (voice)
Bo Wettergren… Svensk polis
Joy Andersson… Girl at airport (uncredited)