

Lumières
1989-01-01 · 110 min · ★ 10.0
Long quest for a director specializing in commissioned films, who after a depression rediscovers his loved ones, his Casbah district, himself. Taken in hand, for a while, by his Islamist neighbor, it is above all the meeting with an old projectionist giving him a censored history of cinema and Algeria, which helps him to change, and to accept his own fantasies, embodied by Marilyn Monroe and the Andalusian.
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- Directors
- Jean-Pierre Lledo
- Production companies
- Centre Algérien pour l'Art et l'Industrie Cinématographique (CAAIC)
- Countries
- Algeria
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Mohamed FellagAziz
Mustapha El AnkaLe Vieux Projectionniste
Yahia BenmabroukL'acteur vendeur de fruits
Kaci Tizi Ouzou
René VautierL'animateur des Ciné Pops
Doudja AchachiLa Mère
Mustapha PreureInspecteur des cinémas
Anne TurollaMarylin Monroe
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