El Manara (2004)
- Directed by
- Belkacem Hadjadj
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Algeria
- Rating
- 8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows three friends in Algeria during the civil war of the 1990s. Asma, Fawzi, and Ramdane are torn apart by political and religious differences.
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What happens
El Manara (Le Phare) est un film algérien réalisé par Belkacem Hadjadj et sorti en 2004. Trois jeunes amis : Asma, étudiante; Fawzi, journaliste et Ramdane, médecin, voient leur amitié amoureuse éclatée pendant la décennie noire en Algérie. Alors que Fawzi et Asma défendent ardemment la démocratie, Ramdane se tourne vers l'intégrisme religieux. Le film traite également le rituel de la fête du Manara de Cherchell, condamné par les intégristesManara El Manara de Yamina Bachir-Chouikh par Olivier Barlet sur le site d'Africultures.. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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