Until the Birds Return

Name: Until the Birds Return
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017
Duration: 113 min

Director: Karim Moussaoui

Rights:

Highlights

Received the Fall Grant – Production Stage from the Doha Film Institute in 2015.
The film criticizes the double standards in modern Arab societies.
The film was selected to screen in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.

2017/ France - Germany - Algeria - Qatar113 min/ Drama

Original Title

En Attendant Les Hirondelles

SYNOPSIS

Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings, and a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment. Three stories that plunge us into the human soul of a contemporary Arab society.

CAST

Mohamed Djouhri
Sonia Mekkiou
Mehdi Ramdani
Hania Amar
Chawki Amari
Hassan Kachach

CREW

Screenwriter: Karim Moussaoui
Maud Adeline
DOP: David Chambille
Editor: Thomas Marchand

Production Company(ies)

Les Films Pelléas

Producer(s)

David Thion
Philippe Martin

Cannes Film Festival, France

Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia

Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Warsaw Film Festival, Poland

Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands

Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia

Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria

Wihr d’Or Award and Best Director Award at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria

Reviews

Jordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter

Lee Marshall - Screen Daily

Fabien Lemercier - Cineuropa

Quotes

“An intriguing first feature from writer-director Karim Moussaoui that explores the damaged emotional landscape of his homeland.” Jordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter

“It’s heartening to see such delicate stories of ordinary people come to the fore in a country whose filmmakers faces enormous hurdles.” Lee Marshall - Screen Daily