Lumières
Long quest for a director specializing in commissioned films, who after a depression rediscovers his loved ones, his Casbah district, himself. Taken in hand, for a while, by his Islamist neighbor, it is above all the meeting with an old projectionist giving him a censored history of cinema and Algeria, which helps him to change, and to accept his own fantasies, embodied by Marilyn Monroe and the Andalusian.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Released
- 1989
Details
Release year: 1989
Storyline
Long quest for a director specializing in commissioned films, who after a depression rediscovers his loved ones, his Casbah district, himself. Taken in hand, for a while, by his Islamist neighbor, it is above all the meeting with an old projectionist giving him a censored history of cinema and Algeria, which helps him to change, and to accept his own fantasies, embodied by Marilyn Monroe and the Andalusian.
Top credits
- Mohamed Fellag — Aziz
- Mustapha El Anka — Le Vieux Projectionniste
- Doudja Achachi — La Mère
- Yahia Benmabrouk — L'acteur vendeur de fruits