El Manara

20040 AR

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8.5

MASTERPIECE

★8.5TMDB · 2

Drama

Synopsis

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Three young friends—a girl (Asma) and two boys (Fawzi and Ramdane)—bound by a loving friendship, lead a carefree life. The riots of October 1988, the repression, the democratic explosion, and the Islamist drift that followed turn their lives upside down. Fawzi, a journalist involved in the independent press movement, and Ramdane, a doctor sensitive to the concerns of ordinary people, drift apart, separate, and find themselves caught up in a confrontation that is beyond their control. Asma tries in vain to prevent the trio from breaking up... But none of the three emerges unscathed...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Khaled Benaissa
Fawzi
Sofia Nouacer Kouninef
Bouchra
Samia Meziane
Asma
Hichem Mesbah
Tarek Hadj Abdelhafid
Ramdane
Farouk Boutadjine
Le Terroriste
Nacer Chennouf
Yacine

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Belkacem Hadjadj
Writers: Salim Aïssa
Languages: Arabic, French
Countries: Algeria

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, French.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Khaled Benaissa and Sofia Nouacer Kouninef and Samia Meziane carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0470854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Belkacem Hadjadj directs. Produced in Algeria. Dialogue in Arabic, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 22 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, French.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Khaled Benaissa and Sofia Nouacer Kouninef and Samia Meziane carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0470854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.