A Taxi for Aouzou (1994)

Name: A Taxi for Aouzou
Genre: Romance, Documentary, Drama
Released: 1994-01-02

22m

Running Time

Plot.

In this wonderful hybrid of fiction and documentary, we become the close companions of Ali Baba Nour, a Chadian cab driver who explains his hopes and dreams, his challenges in a difficult and often violent society, and his optimism for the baby he and his wife are expecting. In this urban poem, we are treated to the color and movement of Ali Baba Nour's city. It is a generous postcard that one might send to a friend, telling of an unforgettable acquaintance and place.

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Cast & Crew.

Ali Baba Nour

Issa Serge Coelo

Writer / Director

Safy Boutella

Composer

Pascal Poucet

Cinematographer

Stéphanie Mahet

Editor

Details.

Release Date
January 2, 1994

Original Name
Un taxi pour Aouzou

Status
Released

Running Time
22m

Genres
Romance Documentary Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-14

Wiki.

Un taxi pour Aouzou (A Taxi for Aouzou), is a 1994 Chadian short drama film directed by Issa Serge Coelo and produced by Dominique Andreani for Movimento Production. The film stars Abdoulaye Ahmat and Ali Baba Nour. The film revolves around Abdoulaye Ahmat, a Libyan woman falls in love with Ali Baba Nour, a Chadian man at the time of the Libyan-Chadian conflict.

The film has been shot in and around N'Djaména, Chad. The film made its premier on 20 August 2021. The film received mixed reviews from critics.