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
Original Title: En Attendant Les Hirondelles
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