Película

Allah is Not Obliged

Allah n'est pas obligé

When ten-year-old Birahima’s mother dies, he leaves his native village in Guinea, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima becomes a child-soldier. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity.

Dirección

Zaven Najjar

Guion

Karine Winczura

Novela

Ahmadou Kourouma

Guion

Zaven Najjar

Estado

Estrenada

Estreno

04/03/2026

Idioma original

Francés