Monsieur Ibrahim

Pros: Omar Sharif is alive! Memorable images, and beautiful photography.
Cons: In French. With subtitles.

It’s a tale about a young man who meets an old man who teaches the young man how to live. It’s a story of inter-faith acceptance and understanding in a confusing time. It’s a moving coming-of-age story guaranteed to tug on your heartstrings ...

Pros: A gem. A grandfather and son movie of mutual discovery.
Cons: A little heavy on the sentiment.

It is the early sixties in a shabby melting pot neighborhood of Paris, and a handsome and awkward 16 year old boy is coming of age despite the looming shadows of a deeply depressed father. In their dark and ramshackle apartment "Momo" (Moses), played by ...

Pros: Omar Sharif; Pierre Boulanger; wonderful coming of age story; dites garcon, un pernod
Cons: The trappings of the genre

Paris. The 1960s. From the claustrophobic confines of his flat along the Rue Bleue, Momo Schmitt(Pierre Boulanger) passes the lonely afternoon staring at the lovely, enticing "poules" occupying the boulevard. But this is no ordinary day for Momo. It's ...

Pros: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Paris, Turkey, characters
Cons: The ending

In this troubled world we are living in, it's really nice to sit back and watch a movie like "Monsieur Ibrahim." The story, set in the 1960s, revolves around a young 16 year old boy, Moses 'Momo' Schmitt (Pierre Boulanger), that is alone living ...

Pros: Pierre Boulanger
Cons: A little too long

Monsieur Ibrahim tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a young Jewish boy and an elderly Muslim shopkeeper during the sixties in Paris. Moses, or Momo (Pierre Boulanger) as he is called, is a teenager who lives in a working class ...