Monsieur Ibrahim

Monsieur Ibrahim

200391 min7.0 / 10

A tender, spiritually grounded portrait of an unlikely cross-cultural friendship between a lonely Jewish boy and an elderly Muslim grocer that offers redemption through human connection and faith.

Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen and depressed man, in a working-class neighborhood, develops a close friendship with Monsieur Ibrahim, an elderly Muslim who owns a small grocery store.

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