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Allah is Not Obliged (2026)
Directed by Zaven Najjar
Animation, Drama, War · 1h 20m
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.
Cast
Chris Aboubacar Hanta Traoré / SK 07
Thomas Ngijol
Marc Zinga
Annabelle Lengronne
Crew
- Director
- Zaven Najjar
- Screenplay
- Karine Winczura, Zaven Najjar
- Novel
- Ahmadou Kourouma
- Original Music Composer
- Thibault Kienz Agyeman
- Editor
- Isabelle Manquillet
- Producer
- Sébastien Onomo
Details
- Original title
- Allah n'est pas obligé
- Release date
- 2026-03-04
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, War
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Luxembourg, Canada, Belgium
- Production
- Special Touch Studios, Paul Thiltges Distributions, Need Productions, Les Films d'Ici, Lunanime, Creative Touch Studios, Yzanakio