Zozo

Zozo is a Swedish-Lebanese drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 2 September 2005.

Plot

Zozo tells the story of a Lebanese boy (Imad Creidi), during the civil war, who gets separated from his family and ends up in Sweden.

Production

The film was directed by Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares. The story is mostly inspired by Fares' real life immigration to Sweden during the war.

The film was Sweden's representative for Best Foreign film at the 78th Academy Awards. It won The Nordic Council Film Prize in 2006.

See also

List of submissions to the 78th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

Trailer of the movie

2005 films

2000s coming-of-age drama films

2000s Arabic-language films

Lebanese Civil War films

Films about children

Films about families

Films about homelessness

Films about immigration

Films about orphans

Films directed by Josef Fares

Films set in Lebanon

Films set in Sweden

Films set in the 1980s

Swedish coming-of-age drama films

2000s Swedish-language films

Lebanese drama films

2005 drama films

2005 multilingual films

Lebanese multilingual films

Swedish multilingual films

2000s Swedish films