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Les Bienheureux
''The Blessed'', also known as ''Les Bienheureux'', is an Algerian movie that shows a family living in the aftermath of the Algerian war also known as 'the dirty war'. Synopsis Set in 24 hours, the movie centers on a couple who happens to be celebrating their twentieth anniversary and plans a date in a restaurant. The couple gets into a disagreement concerning whether or not to send their son abroad for schooling and they decide to ask their friends about it during the night out. During the dinner, the topic is brought up and it ends up with each of them opining their perspectives concerning the war and country's future. Cast * Sami Bouajila * Nadia Kaci * Adam Bessa * Amine Lansari * Lyna Khoudri * Faouzi Bensaïdi * Hadjar Benmansour * Salima Abada * Abdelkader Affak * Mohamed Ali Allalou Awards and nominations *Gothenburg Film Festival, Göteborg Film Festival (2018) International Debut Award [Nominee] Sofia Djama *Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA 2018 Award Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Djama
Sofia Djama is an Algerian film director. Her 2017 feature film debut, ''The Blessed'', won three awards at the Venice Film Festival, including the Brian Award, given to the film which "best champions human rights, democracy, pluralism and freedom of thought", and the Lina Mangiacapre Award for a film which "changes the image of women in the cinema". Djama's second short film, ''Softly One Saturday Morning'' (Mollement, un samedi matin), won two prizes at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012. Her 2017 feature film debut is ''The Blessed (2017 film), The Blessed'' (Les bienheureux), a coming-of-age story set in Algiers in 2008, starring Sami Bouajila and Nadia Kaci. ''The Blessed'' had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and was one of only two films there from African directors, the other being the Franco-Tunisian Abdellatif Kechiche, with his film, ''Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno''. ''The Blessed'' won three awards in the Orizzonti section (H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |