Synopsis
Cervantes is a particular district in Algiers where Ferhani decided to confront his subjective vision with the reality and with myths. Du Jardin d’Essai where the first movie Tarzan was shot in 1923, in the cave Cervantes from the eponym author tried to leave Algiers, Ferhani meets the neighborhood and explores their everyday life and their dreams.
Credits
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Narrative
- Foreign production company : Une Chambre À Soi Productions
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Cécile Cros
- Screenwriter : Hassen Ferhani
- Director of Photography : Hassen Ferhani
- Assistant Director : Amine Kabbes
- Editor : Houssem Bokhari
- Sound Recordist : Akli Ghebriout
- Foreign producer : Claire Mazeau-Karoum
- Production Manager : Tewfik Rays
- Sound Mixer : Johan Bergman
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Fairy tale, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Cinema, Literature, Identity
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : Algeria, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Algeria, France)
- Production year : 2013
- Runtime : 18 min
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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