''L'enfant Roi '' is a 2009
short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
.
Synopsis
Once upon a time in
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
, a village called Nidiobina was ravaged by fire. Two of its inhabitants Foudi Mamaya and his wife are forced to leave their village in search of food leaving behind their only son, Bouba, in the care of his grandfather Wali. Wali teaches his grandson how to become a man, and Bouba becomes a gifted pupil.
Awards
* Jornadas del Cine Europeo de Túnez 2008
External links
2009 films
Tunisian short films
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