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Bab El-Oued City

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Bab El-Oued City
Film poster
Directed byMerzak Allouache
Written byMerzak Allouache
Produced byMerzak Allouache
Jacques Bidou
Jean-Pierre Gallepe
StarringNadia Kaci
CinematographyJean-Jacques Mréjen
Edited byMarie-Blanche Colonna
Release date
  • 10 November 1994 (1994-11-10)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryAlgeria
LanguageArabic

Bab El-Oued City is a 1994 Algerian drama film directed by Merzak Allouache. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Award.[1]

Plot

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Boualem is a baker's boy who works early mornings and sleeps during the day. One day, the imam's prayer is boosted to full volume through Bab El-Oued's loud speakers, leading Boualem to tear out one of those speakers and throw it in the sea. The Islamic authorities of the city launch a manhunt for the perpetrator.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Bab El-Oued City". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Bab El Oued City - Film (1994) - SensCritique". www.senscritique.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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