Synopsis
Oran. One Friday in the summer of 1994. After doing a report in Kaboul, Salim comes home at prayer time. He joins the woman he loves, Houria, who is hiding safely in a flat. To celebrate their reunion, Salim pulls out a bottle of wine brought back from Afghanistan. The problem is, Houria does not have a corkscrew.
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- Executive Producer : Les Films au Long Cours
- Co-production : 25 Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : La Mer à Boire Productions
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- Executive Producers : Olivier Berlemont, Ludovic Henry
- Screenwriter : Amal Kateb
- Director of Photography : Thomas Favel
- Editor : Anita Perez
- Sound Recordist : Romain Cadilhac
- Costume designer : Nabila Nadjet Guermesli
- Executive Producer : Lila Graffin
- Co-producers : Pascaline Saillant, Lila Graffin
- Sound Editor : Matthieu Perrot
- Continuity supervisor : Nasrallah Kaïdjounia
- Production Designer : Toufik Atti
- Sound Mixer : Antoine Bailly
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Fundamentalism, Freedom
- Production language : French, Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 20 min 36 seconds
- Visa number : 123.621
- Visa issue date : 17/02/2010
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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