Abou Leila

"A punishing, sensorial cri de coeur that dispenses with traditional narrative to create a surrealist, all but impenetrable drama about Algeria’s bloody civil war of the 1990s."
Jay Weissberg – Variety

"In immersing the audience in the characters’ mindsets, the approach is rich, resonant and involving, rather than obtuse or disorienting. It also inspires the movie’s most striking images and evocative visual metaphors, saying more about the internal state of two men habitualised to a life of constant threat and terror than the languid dialogue could ever manage."
Sarah Ward – Screen Daily

“This intentionally disorienting work runs over two hours and is literally and figuratively a trip that isn’t only captivating but tries to take its viewers captive”
Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter