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Vivre au paradis Living in paradise
Title
Vivre au paradis [videorecording] = Living in paradise / un film de Bourlem Guerdjou.
Published
[Seattle, Wash. : Arab Film Distribution, 200-?]
Physical Description
1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1998 by 3B, Le Studio Canal +, Arte France Cinéma, WFE, Exposed Films, Alinea.
Based on the novel: Vivre au paradis : d'une oasis à un bidonville / Brahim Benaïcha.
Director, Bourlem Guerdjou ; screenplay, Olivier Lorelle, Bourlem Guerdjou ; producers, Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb ; photography, Georges Lechaptois ; music, Boodjie & Akim Guerdjou.
In Arabic with English subtitles.
Summary
"Set in France in 1961-1962, during the Algerian War ... focuses on Lakhdar, an immigrant construction worker in Paris who lives in the squalid and miserable conditions of the shantytowns. He longs to see his family and brings them from Algeria to live with him in his makeshift hut--with disastrous results."--Container.
Variant and related titles
Living in paradise
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Arabic
Added to Catalog
February 06, 2006
Credits
Director, Bourlem Guerdjou ; screenplay, Olivier Lorelle, Bourlem Guerdjou ; producers, Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb ; photography, Georges Lechaptois ; music, Boodjie & Akim Guerdjou.
Cast
Roschdy Zem, Fadila Belkebla, Omar Bekhaled, Hiam Abbass, Farida Rahouadj.
System details note
VHS.
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