synopsis
In 2011, after eight years in France, filmmaker Lamine Ammar Khodja returns home and records a subjective report on the Algerian events of the Arab Spring. Using a loose diary approach, he analyses the existential questions of his return. Toying with Eisenstein-like editing, he humorously comments on memories of the past and on the current situation.
This introspective and stylistically playful exploration of the director’s soul and his homeland is full of masterful symbolism. For instance, the scene showing a bonfire of newspapers filled with reports on demonstrations is underscored by the Bob Dylan song Everybody Must Get Stoned.
more about film
| director: | Lamine Ammar Khodja |
| producer: | Marie-Odile Gazin |
| photography: | Lamine AMMAR-KHODJA |
| editing: | Lamine AMMAR-KHODJA |
| music: | Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Cheb Khaled |
| sound: | Jean Barthélémy Velay |
contact
THE KINGDOM
Lamine Ammar Khodja
19 avenue d’Italie 75013 Paris France
aklamine@hotmail.com
+(33) 602055741
Film at festival
| premiere type: | East European Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2013 |
| section: | Doc Alliance Selection |
| format: | Blu-ray |
| language: | Arabic, French |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Lamine Ammar Khodja |
| original title: | Demande à ton ombre |
| country: | France, Algeria |
| year: | 2012 |
| running time: | 77 min. |
