PARIS LA BLANCHE
by Lidia Terki
synopsis
With no news from her husband, who left in the ‘70s to work in France, a middle-aged Rekia leaves her village and goes on a journey to Paris. She crosses Algeria and the Mediterranean Sea, gets lost in the alleys of the quarter of Pigalle, to finally find her dear Nura in the distant suburb of Paris in a hostel for retired migrant workers. But her hero, a veteran of the struggle for the liberation of Algeria, has become quite different, has become a stranger.
original title: | Paris La Blanche |
country: | France |
sales agent: | The Party Film Sales |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Lidia Terki |
film run: | 81' |
release date: | FR 29/03/2017 |
screenplay: | Lidia Terki, Colo Tavernier |
cast: | Tassadit Mandi, Zahir Bouzerar, Karole Rocher, Sébastien Houbani, Dan Herzberg, Marie Denarnaud |
cinematography by: | Malik Brahimi |
music: | Chloé Thévenin |
producer: | Jan Vasak, Alexandre Charlet, Virginie Sauveur |
production: | Day for Night Productions |
backing: | CNC, région Ile-de-France, Doha Film Institute |
distributor: | ARP Sélection |