by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire · TF1 Vidéo · DVD · EAN 5414474354241
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«Johnny Mad Dog» is the film by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (2008), on DVD, released by TF1 Vidéo.
It depicts the violence of child soldiers in an African city at war: Johnny, an armed teenager, leads his small commando through chaos and looting while violence erases all innocence. With an almost documentary staging, it adapts Emmanuel Dongala's novel about the horror of armed conflict.
It won the Prize of Hope in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival; the cover includes a presentation by Mathieu Kassovitz. French-language edition.
May appeal to viewers of war and social cinema, with a realistic look at armed conflicts and their victims.
