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Arab Feature Competition
Merzak Allouache / Feature Narrative / Algeria, France / 2011 / 111 min / Color / HDCAM
In Arabic / English, Arabic subtitles
Interests: Drama, Music, Politics, Identity
World Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised
Screenings
Synopsis
As the Arab Spring begins in Tunisia and Egypt, Fouzi gathers a group of actors to show them footage of a documentary he started shooting two years ago about the disillusionment of youth seeking to express their artistic ideas. He searches for an alternative ending, relying on the actors’ reactions to the historical changes currently taking place.
About the Director
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Algiers born Merzak Allouache is a graduate of the IDHEC film school, Paris. His first feature “Omar Gatlato” screened in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight sidebar in 1976 and is credited with changing the course of Algerian cinema.
In a career that has spanned thirty years his many acclaimed films include “Un amour à Paris”, “Bab-el-Oued City”, “Chouchou” and “Harragas”.
Credits
- Director
- Merzak Allouache
- Screenwriter
- Merzak Allouache
- Producer
- Véronique Zerdoun , Yacine Djadi
- Editor
- Nadia Ben Rachid , Lucile Sautarel
- Co-Producer
- Philippe Akoka
- Music
- Yahia Bouchaala
- Cinematographer
- Hocine Hadjali
- Sound
- Postproduction : Philippe Akoka
- Cast
- Adila Bendimerad, Nouha Mathlouti, Nadjib Oulebsir, Nabil Asli, Samir El Hakim, Ahmed Bebaissa