Divine Wind
Fall Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage
Merzak Allouache / Feature Narrative / Algeria, France, Lebanon, Qatar / 2018 / 96 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama
Synopsis
Nour and Amine don’t know each other. They meet in a house, near the city of Timimoun, in the Algerian Sahara. They are supposed to launch an armed action against an oil refinery. But things don’t turn out quite as they expected.
Credits
- Director
- Merzak Allouache
- Screenwriter
- Merzak Allouache
- Producer
- Bahia Allouache
About the Director
Merzak Allouache was born in Algeria in 1944. He studied filmmaking in Algiers at the Institut National du Cinéma and subsequently at IDHEC in Paris. In 1976, he directed his first feature, 'Omar Gatlato'. Since then, he has been directing films in France and Algeria, and his films are frequently selected in prestigious international festivals such as the Festival de Cannes, Venice and Berlin International Film Festivals.