A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.
Acting
Imad Creidi carries impossible weight with zero precociousness.
Direction
Fares balances Beirut chaos with Swedish stillness masterfully.
Director
Josef Fares
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Josef Fares based this on his own father's experience fleeing Lebanon—though his dad went to Sweden as an adult, not a child.
The film uses actual 1980s Swedish news footage of Lebanon coverage, blurring documentary and fiction in ways Zozo himself experiences.
DK
SE
