Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran

Synopsis of Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran

«Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran» is the film by François Dupeyron (2003), starring Omar Sharif and Pierre Boulanger, on DVD.

Set in 1960s Paris, it tells the friendship between Momo, a lonely Jewish teenager, and Monsieur Ibrahim, the elderly Muslim who runs a grocery shop in the neighbourhood. Their conversations and everyday gestures become a lesson in tolerance and wisdom, in an adaptation of the novel by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.

Audio in French (Dolby Digital 5.1); region 2. Running time: 90 minutes; 1 disc. Omar Sharif received the César for Best Actor in 2004.

For those who enjoy French cinema and stories of friendship and understanding between cultures.