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The Foreign Son
Abdallah Badis
2015 - 79 min - HD - Couleur et Noir & blanc - France
Author-Director : Abdallah Badis
Photography : Claire Mathon
Sound : Nicolas Waschkowski, Graciela Barrault
Editing : Sophie Mandonnet
Original Music : Archie Shepp
Delegate Producer : Cactusco Films
Co-producer : Ina (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel)
Contribution : Région Île-de-France, Ambassade de France en Algérie, Le Fresnoy (Studio national des Arts contemporains), Région Lorraine
Abdallah Badis
2015 - 79 min - HD - Couleur et Noir & blanc - France
Answering the "call" of his native Algeria, of which he only retains childhood memories, 50-year-old Omar returns there after many years.
There seems to be a path unfolding just for him, and it is tortuous. A providential child will guide him. The apparently pristine wilderness is heavy with the past of the land. Along a fine line between reality and fantasy, this past will surface through archive footage. The uncanny trip will lead Omar to paradoxically connect with a land he hardly knows, and allow his intimate reunion with an estranged family.
Colonialisme | Émigration | Exil | Famille | Histoire | Identité culturelle | Mémoire | Musique | Voyage | Algérie | France
Author-Director : Abdallah Badis
Photography : Claire Mathon
Sound : Nicolas Waschkowski, Graciela Barrault
Editing : Sophie Mandonnet
Original Music : Archie Shepp
Delegate Producer : Cactusco Films
Co-producer : Ina (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel)
Contribution : Région Île-de-France, Ambassade de France en Algérie, Le Fresnoy (Studio national des Arts contemporains), Région Lorraine