Synopsis
To strengthen a financial cooperation with Algeria, China offered in 2016 an Opera House to the city of Algiers. Not accustomed to operatic culture, Algeria does not have the necessary funds to support and maintain this auditorium of 1,400 seats. Karim Moussaoui reflects on the role an Opera House could play in the Algerian musical culture. With his crew, he sets off to the desert in search of the mysterious divas of the Taguerabt.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Pelléas
- Co-production : Opéra national de Paris
- Line production : Balthus
- Film exports/foreign sales : mk2 films, L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producers : Philippe Martin, Dimitri Krassoulia
- Screenwriter : Karim Moussaoui
- Directors of Photography : Karim Moussaoui, Hassen Ferhani, Chams Eddine Khimoum, Chafik Djeddi, Karim Belhadda
- Editor : Nina Khada
- Sound Recordist : Arnaud Marten
- Sound Editor : Arnaud Marten
- Sound Mixer : Arnaud Marten
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Film opéra, Portrait
- Themes : Society, Femininity, Identity
- Production language : French, Arabic
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 15 min 31 seconds
- Visa number : 152.764
- Visa issue date : 22/07/2020
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
Resources
Website(1)
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