LA CHINE EST ENCORE LOIN (Algérie, 2008)


Documentaire - Couleur – 120’
Direction: Malek Bensmaïl
Screenplay: Malek Bensmaïl
Directors of Photography: Malek Bensmaïl,
Lionel Jan Kerguistel
Sound: Dana Farzanehpour
Music: Kamel Zekri
Editing: Matthieu Bretaud
Production: UNLIMITED, CIRTA FILMS,
INA, 3B PRODUCTIONS, ENTV



Synopsis

On November 1, 1954 near Ghassira, a small village in the Aurès Mountains, a couple of French teachers and an Algerian caïd were the first civilian victims of a 7-year war that would lead to Algeria’s independence. More than 50 years later, Malek Bensmaïl returns to this Chaoui village, known as the birthplace of the Algerian Revolution, to film, through passing seasons, the inhabitants, their school and their children. Between present and past, this film reveals the reality of Algeria as moving and complex, abundant and contradictory.


THE DIRECTOR

Malek Bensmaïl was born in Constantine in 1966. His documentaries deal with contemporary history of his country. He wants to show the complex contours of Algeria.

His credits include “Dêmokratia” (2002), “Algérie(s)” (2003), “Aliénations” (2004) and “ Le Grand Jeu” (2005).


Contact

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