films of the third kind
Abou Leila
Sidi-Boumédiène Amin
Algeria, France, Qatar, 2019, 140', Swiss Premiere
The movie
Two childhood friends are crossing the Algerian desert in their hunt for a terrorist. As they go deeper and deeper in the barrenness, they start having fevered hallucinations.
En savoir plusAlgeria, 1994. S. and Lotfi are hunting a dangerous terrorist named Abou Leila. And yet, although they have the same target, their objectives are different. S. is determined to find the criminal whatever it takes, while Lotfi seems more interested in leading his friend away from civilization. A fevered directorial debut which subjects its protagonist and its audience alike to violent hallucinations.
Award :
Silver Méliès for Best Fantastic European Feature Film
Local Distributor :
Outside The Box
writers :
Amin Sidi-Boumédiène
cast :
Slimane Benouari, Lyes Salem, Azouz Abdelkader, Fouad Megiraga, Meryem Medjkane, Hocine Mokhtar, Samir El Hakim
Crew :
- Cinematographer : Kanamé Onoyama
- Editor : Amin Sidi-Boumédiène
