Synopsis
Algiers, 1998, at the end of the terrorist period. Fatima, 54, lives in neighborhood torn apart by domestic violence and acts of political revenge. She lives alone and isolated. She seems to want to have no part of what's going on. But this apparent indifference hides a secret.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Films du Sirocco
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producer : Jean Vincenti
- Screenwriter : Karim Bensalah
- Director of Photography : Pascal Lagriffoul
- Editor : Julien Duveau
- Sound recordists : Lionel Garbarini, Hugues Peyret
- Author of original work : Marie-Ange Poyet
- Production Designer : Mourad Saïdi
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : War, Religion
- Production language : French, Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2004
- Runtime : 30 min
- Visa number : 105.954
- Visa issue date : 07/05/2004
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (9)
Tetouan - International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema
Morocco, 2005
Carte blanche fiction - Unifrance
Awards (1)
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