The Last Queen
Spring Grants 2018 - Production Stage
Damien Ounouri / Feature Narrative / Algeria, France, Qatar / 2018 / 105 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Women, War, Historical Drama
Synopsis
It is the year 1516. Algiers is a small Arabian-Berber republic, suffocated by the Spaniards, who have had control of the harbour for six years. King Salim Toumi allies with the pirate Aroudj Barberousse in order to free the city. After their victory, Salim is assassinated in his bathtub. Barberousse becomes the new ruler of Algiers, and is confronted with a rebellion. Both history and legend tell that Salim Toumi, the last King of Algiers, had a wife named Zaphira, and that Aroudj Barberousse desired her, famously saying “I will take his palace, and I will mount his horse and his wife.”
Credits
- Director
- Damien Ounouri
- Screenwriter
- Damien Ounouri, Adila Bendimerad
- Producer
- Adila Bendimerad
About the Director
Born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Damien Ounouri is a graduate of the Sorbonne and currently conducts cinema workshops for children and teenagers in both France and Algeria. He has made the short documentaries ‘Changping Sonata’ (2007) and ‘Away from Nedjma’ (2009), and the feature-length documentary ‘Xiao Jia Going Home’ (2008), about Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke, which screened at a dozen festivals.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Damien Ounouri
- Company:
- Taj Intaj
- Phone:
- +213555374947 / +213552770781
- Email:
- nemrafilms@gmail.com