Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars Review: A Slow-Burn Mélange of African Folklore and Teen Horror, Set Against a Stunning Desert Backdrop
Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun is known for hard-hitting, evocative dramas set in his native Chad, a country that was embroiled in sectarian conflict for decades. Movies like Dry Season, A Screaming Man (which won Cannes’ Jury Prize in 2011) and Grigris followed men in various states of turmoil, beset by violence and other hardships in the…
