Dry Season

2007 | Drama, Foreign Language

Synopsis

Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he goes in search of Nassara, the man who made him an orphan. It does not take long before he finds him. Nassara, who now goes straight, is married, goes to the mosque and owns a small bakery. After some hesitation Atim offers him his services as an apprentice. He is hired then it will be easy for him to gun down the murderer of his father. At least, that is what he thinks...

Scores

Overall Score
34.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
20.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
22.6%
Review Aggregate
84.2

Critic Consensus

100.0% Fresh • 7 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 100% of 7 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize political, macabre, gritty. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

politicalmacabregrittystylizedcharacter-drivenemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Ali Bacha Barkaïm2007$78,000$119,000(est)
Djibril Ibrahim2007$48,000$73,000(est)
Aziza Hisseine2007$36,000$55,000(est)
Khayar Oumar Defallah2007$30,000$45,000(est)
Fatimé Hadje and2007$25,000$38,000(est)
Youssouf Djaoro2007$22,000$34,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score100.0
RT critic review count9
Rotten Tomatoes audience score77.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating6.9
IMDb votes1,055

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2007$3,303$4,998
International2007$44,948$68,018
Worldwide2007$48,251$73,017

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2007$19,631$29,706
Digital Rentals ?2007$19,000$28,752
Digital Purchases ?2007$7,000$10,593
Physical Rentals ?2007$331,000$500,891
Physical Purchases ?2007$744,000$1,125,870
TV & Streaming Revenue2007$451,171$682,741
Total Revenues2007$1,571,802$2,378,554
Expenses
Budget ?2007$1,503,903$2,275,805
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2007$80,000 (est)$121,061 (est)
Participations2007$31,000$46,911
Residuals ?2007$93,000$140,734
Interest & Overhead2007$300,781$455,161
Total Expenses2007$2,008,684$3,039,672
Movie Net Profit or Loss2007$-436,882$-661,119

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