Abou Leila
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PROGRAM DETAILS
Film Available to Stream
Fri, Apr 9 at 12:01 am – Sun, Apr 18 at 11:59 pm PST
Description
Phantasmagoric and intense, this drama is set during Algeria’s bloody conflict of the 1990s. Childhood friends Lotfi and S, one of whom is in pursuit of a (possibly imaginary) terrorist named Abou Leila, take a trip into the Sahara. As their journey progresses, what is real and what isn’t becomes increasingly slippery as terrifying visions share cinematic space with quotidian events. After a multiple murder, the increasingly delirious S sets off by himself and heads even deeper into the desert with Lotfi in pursuit.
*Part of the 2020 Flashback Spotlight
A graduate of Conservatoire Libre du Ciné Français, Amin Sidi-Boumédine is an editor, writer, and director. His films include the shorts Demain, Alger? (2011) and Al Djazira (2012). Abou Leila, winner of the New Waves Award at the Seville European Film Festival and the Silver Méliés Award at the Neuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival, is his first feature.
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Film Details
LanguageArabic
Year2019
Runtime133
CountryAlgeria/France/Qatar
DirectorAmin Sidi-Boumédine
ProducerFayçal Hammoum, Yacine Bouaziz, Louise Bellicaud, Claire Charles-Gervais
Executive ProducerJoe Flores
WriterAmin Sidi-Boumédiène
EditorAmin Sidi-Boumédiène
CinematographerKanamé Onoyama
CastSlimane Benouari, Lyes Salem, Azouz Abdelkader
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