Until the Birds Return

Director Moussaoui interweaves three stories into a multi-faceted portrait of Algeria between slums and luxury apartments, tradition and modernity. Three stories, three times Algeria between slums and upper-class apartments, tradition and modernity. 1.) A man witnesses a fight and flees while the victim remains motionless on the street. 2.) A woman should be married to an unknown man, but she loves another.3) A surgeon is accused of being a rapist, but he denies the act. In an impressive and emotional way, director Arim Moussaoui interweaves the three stories in "Until the Birds Return" into the image of a multi-layered country that is searching for stability, for departure, for itself.

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Kinoherz
  • Made in Germany
  • missingFILMs
  • Screen: North Africa
  • Africa
  • urban living

Actors

  • Mohamed Djouhri
  • Sonia Mekkiou
  • Hania Amar
  • Mehdi Ramdani
  • Chawki Amari
  • Saadia Gacem

Director

  • Karim Moussaoui

Drama


1h 53min


6 FSK

AR


DE

Algeria
France
Germany
Qatar
2017
Director Moussaoui interweaves three stories into a multi-faceted portrait of Algeria between slums and luxury apartments, tradition and modernity.

Director Moussaoui interweaves three stories into a multi-faceted portrait of Algeria between slums and luxury apartments, tradition and modernity.


Director Moussaoui interweaves three stories into a multi-faceted portrait of Algeria between slums and luxury apartments, tradition and modernity.


Three stories, three times Algeria between slums and upper-class apartments, tradition and modernity. 1.) A man witnesses a fight and flees while the victim remains motionless on the street. 2.) A woman should be married to an unknown man, but she loves another.3) A surgeon is accused of being a rapist, but he denies the act. In an impressive and emotional way, director Arim Moussaoui interweaves the three stories in "Until the Birds Return" into the image of a multi-layered country that is searching for stability, for departure, for itself.

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