Rose Of The Desert

Rose Of The Desert 1989

10.00

An oasis lost in the Saharan desert more than 700km from Algiers. A society still functioning on centuries-old rituals. The only connection to the city is a bus that passes once a day. Moussa, disabled from birth, lives there with his sister Zineb; They try, together, to reconstitute a family unit that the war has destroyed. The family is the dream of the idyllic times of childhood, of times when parents took all the responsibilities. Moussa is perfectly independent, although he has no arms, he nevertheless loves being cared for by his sister. Zineb, for her part, does not dare to face the new world that a marriage would constitute. Life passes punctuated by the same gestures. Zineb takes the bus to go to work at the date packaging factory. Moussa goes to see the schoolmaster, draws or dreams of Mériem, the woman he loves. A rose secretly grows in the sand, which Moussa waters every day.

1989

Gourbi Palace

Gourbi Palace 2006

10.00

A poor man rescues a rich man from burglars. as a way for thanking him The rich guy invite him and his family to come and live in his luxurious hotel. The poor family's life turns upside down in their new home.

2006

Leila and the Others

Leila and the Others 1977

10.00

The story of Algerian women trying to live in 1970s Algeria where the society is between conservative values and progressive modern Algeria.

1977

Hassan Niya

Hassan Niya 1989

10.00

The story of Hassan, the handyman in the inn of his sister Aïcha, widowed and childless. A whole series of incidents, misunderstandings, will punctuate his daily routine in which we find him in turn driver, waiter, welder, etc. But, he refuses to submit to anything that does not conform to the idea he has of society and things...

1989

Yaouled

Yaouled 1993

10.00

Directed by Rachid Benallal.

1993

الولف صعيب - El Ouelf Essaïb

الولف صعيب - El Ouelf Essaïb 1990

10.00

El Ouelf Essaïb (الولف صعيب) is a comedy written and directed by Mohamed Hilmi, released in 1990. An Algerian music composer and his friends live a thrilling story, full of twists and turns.

1990

Huria

Huria 1986

8.00

Directed by Sid Ali Mazif.

1986

The Forgotten Hill

The Forgotten Hill 1996

8.50

At the outbreak of the Second World War, two friends, Mokrane and Menach, abruptly interrupt their studies and return to their remote native Kabylian village of Tagsa. While waiting to be drafted into the French Army they have time to woo. Mokrane falls for beautiful Aazi and soon marries her only to find out that she can bear no child. Menach, on his part, is stongly attracted to Davda, but the latter is already married to a rich merchant...Happiness does not seem to be in store for the two former students...

1996

Sons of the Earth

Sons of the Earth 1991

10.00

"Hijos de la tierra" presents a drama set a little before the 1920s, in which scattered news, stories and rumors spread the presence of a new wealth, oil, leading to the suspicion that a great change was about to take place.

1991

Lumières

Lumières 1989

10.00

Long quest for a director specializing in commissioned films, who after a depression rediscovers his loved ones, his Casbah district, himself. Taken in hand, for a while, by his Islamist neighbor, it is above all the meeting with an old projectionist giving him a censored history of cinema and Algeria, which helps him to change, and to accept his own fantasies, embodied by Marilyn Monroe and the Andalusian.

1989

Yelema

Yelema 1993

1

The young Safi returns to Mali after her studies and succeeds her father as head of the family business. Her methods shock and the opposition builds up against her.

1993