Directed by:
Nadir MoknècheCinematography:
Jean-Claude LarrieuComposer:
Pierre BastaroliCast:
Lubna Azabal, Biyouna, Nadia Kaci, Florence Giorgetti, Nadir Moknèche, Abbes Zahmani, Lounès Tazairt, Serge Avedikian, Kamel Abdelli, Louiza Habani (more)Plots(1)
This is a story of old and young in Algeria told through a mother and daughter hiding out in a hotel from local terrorists. We follow pretty Goucem, 27, through the urban landscape of modern-day Algiers as she attempts to assert her own version of a liberated lifestyle. She battles daily with the conflict of a new Algiers; pitting traditional life against the rapidly modernizing city. Goucem is contrasted by her more traditional mother, Papicha played by Biyouna who is an ex-singer longing for her cabaret and for an Algeria of days gone by. Fifi, the women's neighbor at the hotel, adds more color to this story as an energetic prostitute who keeps herself busy with wealthy men twenty-four hours a day. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lubna Azabal
Belgium
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Incendies (2010)
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Biyouna
Best movies:
The Source (2011)
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Nadia Kaci
Best movies:
Papicha (2019)
I Still Hide to Smoke (2016)
It All Starts Today (1999)
Florence Giorgetti
France
Best movies:
To Each His Hell (1977)
The Lacemaker (1977)
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
Abbes Zahmani
Best movies:
My New Partner (1984)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Tazzeka (2018)
Lounès Tazairt
Algeria
Best movies:
Intimate Enemies (2007)
Fort Saganne (1984)
Zaina: Rider of the Atlas (2005)
Serge Avedikian
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Mother (1991)
Chicken with Plums (2011)
Dangerous Moves (1984)
Kamel Abdelli
Best movies:
Unveiled (2018) (TV movie)
Goodbye to Language (2014)
Franck Spadone (2000)
Louiza Habani
Best movies:
Nuits d'Arabie (2007)
Baya Belal
Best movies:
Locked Up (Antena 3 / Fox Version) (2015) (series)
Incendies (2010)
Munich (2005)
Zizek Belkebla
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Sky Fighters (2005)