
Lumières
Comedy · Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Mohamed Fellag
Mohamed Fellag
Aziz
Mohamed Fellag
Aziz


Mustapha El Anka
Mustapha El Anka
Le Vieux Projectionniste
Mustapha El Anka
Le Vieux Projectionniste


Yahia Benmabrouk
Yahia Benmabrouk
L'acteur vendeur de fruits
Yahia Benmabrouk
L'acteur vendeur de fruits


Kaci Tizi Ouzou
Kaci Tizi Ouzou
Kaci Tizi Ouzou


René Vautier
René Vautier
L'animateur des Ciné Pops
René Vautier
L'animateur des Ciné Pops


Doudja Achachi
Doudja Achachi
La Mère
Doudja Achachi
La Mère


Mustapha Preure
Mustapha Preure
Inspecteur des cinémas
Mustapha Preure
Inspecteur des cinémas


Anne Turolla
Anne Turolla
Marylin Monroe
Anne Turolla
Marylin Monroe
Hamou Saadaoui
Hamou Saadaoui
L'Aveugle
Hamou Saadaoui
L'Aveugle


Fawzi B. Saichi
Fawzi B. Saichi
Patron Pressing
Fawzi B. Saichi
Patron Pressing
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