Official Competition

Back to list of films Official Competition

Official competition feature films

Perfumes of Algiers ( Algeria 2012 )

Color: Color 108’

Direction: Rachid BENHADJ

Screenplay: Rachid BENHADJ

Director of Photography: Vittorio Storaro

Sound: Kamel Mekesser

Music: Said Bouchelouche

Editing: Francesca Bracci

Cast: Monica Guerritore, Adel Djafri, Chafia Boudraa, Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Rym Takoucht, Mohamed Benguettaf, Ahmed Benaissa, Luca Lazzereschi, Youcef Meziani,

Production: AGENCE ALGERIENNE POUR LE RAYONNEMENT CULTUREL (AARC)/ Net Diffusion

Synopsis

Karima, a famous photographer who lived in Paris for several years, was forced to return to Algiers to attend the agony of the old patriarch against which she rebelled and was exiled. This forced return will awaken in her the scars and the ghosts of a repressed past. Once again, it is time to settle accounts. Nothing is more falsely serene than certain places she loved, more deceptive than the scents of Algiers.

Réalisateur

Born in Algiers, Rachid Belhadj graduated in architecture. After working in the Algerian television, he moved to Rome where he directs documentaries and short films and teaches at the Cinecitta film school. He is also a painter. Other films: Touchia - Song of Women of Algiers (1993), The tree of hanging fates (1997) MIRKA (2000), THE NAKED BREAD (2005), THE PERFUMES OF ALGIERS (2012)