Bab El-Oued CityDirected by Merzak Allouache
Produced by Matins films (les)
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 33 min
French release : 16/11/1994
Production year : 1994
DirectorActorsSynopsisBab el-Oued is a working class district of Algiers, shortly after the bloody riots of 1988. Boualem is a young worker in the district bakery. He works hard at night and sleeps during the day. One morning, he committed a "foolish" act which is going to put all the district in a high state of excitement. A group of young extremists headed by Saïd, set up in the search of the author of this "provocative" act with the intention of administrating him an exemplar punishment. Bab el-oued is the chronicle of a microcosmic district where contradictions, manipulations and exclusion melt in an electrical atmosphere of intolerance which is getting more and more intensive. Violence settles down and quickly developes when Yamina, Saïd's young sister is caught in meeting Boualem, she is in love with him in secret... Production and distributionAssociate production company : Matins films (les)
Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
Foreign production company : Thelma Film AG, Flash-back audiovisuel, ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Film export/Foreign Sales : Films Distribution
French distribution : MKL Distribution
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Jean-Pierre Gallèpe
Screenwriter : Merzak Allouache
Director of Photography : Jean-Jacques Mréjen
Sound Recordist : Philippe Senechal
Production Manager : Tahar Harhoura
Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
Editor : Marie-Blanche Colonna
Music Composer : Rachid Bahri
Still Photographer : Alain Rousseau
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Production language : Arabic
Nationality : Majority French (Algeria, Germany, Switzerland, France)
Production year : 1994
French release : 16/11/1994
Runtime : 1 h 33 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 81.942
Visa issue date : 18/04/1994
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
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