Horizon of Arab Cinema · 43rd Edition
Heliopolis
Director
Djaffar Gacem
Country
Algeria
Runtime
1 h 56 min
Language
Arabic, French
Premiere
International Premiere
Synopsis
The film is set in Heliopolis, a colonial village built on fertile lands in the East, where the Zenati live in their large farm. Si Mokdad raises his children, Mahfoud and Nedjma, between Muslim and Western values, dreaming of seeing them play an important part in the "French Algeria" in which he believes. But when the Second World War breaks out, this delicate balance gives way to a new vision of a more complicated Algeria.
Cast
Souhila Mallem, Aziz Boukerouni, Mehdi Ramdani, Alexis Rangheard
Screenplay
Djaffar Gacem, Salah Edinne Chihani, Kahina Mohamed
Producers
Meriem Meftahi, Moez Benhassen
About the Director
One of the leading directors in Algeria. Born in 1966 in Algiers, he has gained national notoriety - and even notoriety in the Maghreb as his productions are watched and appreciated by a large audience in Morocco and Tunisia - thanks to his television series and serials which contrast with the other series and serials produced in Algeria with a clever mix between corrosive humor and subtle exposure of society’s ills.
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