 Monsieur Ibrahim
Starring: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Mata Gabin, Anne Suarez
Directed by: Francois Dupeyron
Screenplay by: Eric-Emmanual Schmitt, Francois Dupeyron
Release Date: February 13, 2004
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content.
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
 Domestic: $2,823,890 (24.4%)
Foreign: $8,752,541 (75.6%)
Total: $11,576,431 (Worldwide)
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 Set in the Pigalle district of 1960s Paris, a story of friendship and loyalty between a young Jewish boy and an old Arab man.
During the early 1960's, Paris was an explosion of life. As the old gave way to the new, everything was in flux and the city was filled with a energy that promised cultural shifts and social change. Against this background, in a working class neighborhood, two unlikely characters--a young Jew and an elderly Muslim--begin a friendship.
When we meet Moïse, also known as Momo (Pierre Boulanger), he is in effect an orphan even though he lives with his father, a man slowly retreating into a crippling depression. His only friends are the street prostitutes who treat him with genuine affection. Momo buys his groceries at the neighborhood shop, a crowded dark space owned and run by Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), a silent exotic looking man who sees and knows more than he lets on. After Momo is abandoned by his father, Ibrahim becomes the one grownup in Momo's life. Together they begin a journey that will change their lives forever.
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