Rome Rather Than You (2006)

Original title

Roma Wa La N'Touma

Directed by

Tariq Teguia

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Netherlands, Algeria, Germany

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young people in Algeria try to escape the lingering effects of the civil war. They dream of a better life elsewhere while navigating their daily struggles and relationships.

slow-burncontemplativemelancholicrestlessbleakhopefulintimateminimalistatmospheric

What happens

Rome Rather Than You (Arabic: روما ولا نتوما, romanized: Rūmā wa-lā ntumā; French: Rome plutôt que vous) is a 2006 Algerian-French-German drama film directed by Tariq Teguia, starring Samira Kaddour and Rachid Amrani as two young people who seek to leave Algeria and the Algerian Civil War behind for a brighter future. This is Teguia's feature film directorial debut. (He had previously made a few shorts and a 2002 documentary.) The film won the Special Jury Award at the 2007 Fribourg International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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