Synopsis
In an estate in the South of Algiers, in the middle of the nineties. Djaber and Yamina are neighbours, but do not know each other. For one as for the other, it is so difficult to meet between girls and boys, that they almost stopped dreaming about it. In a few days nevertheless, what was up to then that deaf and distant violence explodes in front of them, modifying for ever their fates.
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Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Loupiottes
- Foreign production company : Taj Intaj
Full credits (16)
- Executive producers : Virginie Legeay, Magali Negroni
- Screenwriters : Karim Moussaoui, Virginie Legeay
- Director of Photography : David Chambille
- Assistant Director : Raphaël Daniel
- Editor : Julien Chigot
- Sound Recordist : Arnaud Marten
- Costume designer : Maya Ouarda Bencheikh El Fegoun
- Foreign producers : Adila Bendimerad, Djaber Debzi
- Line Producers : Virginie Legeay, Rébecca Mourot-Levy, Adila Bendimerad, Djaber Debzi
- Voice-overs : Karim Moussaoui, Faïna Ramdani
- Assistant Operator : Lucie Bracquemont
- Production Manager : Rémi Veyrié
- Sound Editor : Pierre Bariaud
- Continuity supervisor : Elsa Melquioni
- Production Designer : Amira Merrakchi
- Sound Mixer : Samuel Aïchoun
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Memories, War
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Algeria
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Algeria)
- Production year : 2013
- Runtime : 44 min 44 seconds
- Visa number : 135.583
- Visa issue date : 22/10/2013
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
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Awards (3)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
France, 2014
Mention spéciale du jury international
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