Synopsis
Mahfoud Lakroune, the favorite actor of the Algerian dramaturge and writer Kateb Yacine, and young people from the town of Béjaïa, meet around the prologue of the play Mohamed prends ta valise. A parallel between the play staged in 1972 and current Algeria undergoing its revolution is slowly put into place.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Plein Cadres
- Foreign production company : MHP
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Rahma Benhamou El Madani
- Screenwriter : Rahma Benhamou El Madani
- Director of photography : Rahma Benhamou El Madani
- Editor : Rahma Benhamou El Madani
- Sound recordists : Adel Ittel-El Madani, Kouceila Tayeb Mahfoud
- Foreign producer : Amina Bedjaoui-Haddad
- Executive Producer : Amina Bedjaoui-Haddad
- Camera operator : Rahma Benhamou El Madani
- Sound Editor : Adel Ittel-El Madani
- Production Assistant : Hakim Abdelfettah
- Sound Mixer : Adel Ittel-El Madani
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Portrait
- Themes : Theater, Performance, Freedom, Emigration, Politics
- Production language : French, Arabic, Algerian
- Coproducer countries : France, Algeria
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Algeria)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 27 min
- Visa number : 155.005
- Visa issue date : 27/05/2021
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)