143 rue du Désert
Le Mois du Film Documentaire
2019104 min15+
Synopsis
Is a portrait of Malika, an elderly woman who runs a rest-stop café on the side of Algeria’s main highway. Through the various patrons who stop for meals and beverages, we become intimately acquainted with this eccentric woman, whose opinion on a variety of subject matters, enlightening experience, and baffle in equal measure.
Schedule
FFD 2021
1st Screening
21 November 2021, 15:00 GMT+7
Credits
Director
Hassen Ferhani
Born in Algiers in 1986, Ferhani became active in the cinema while still a teenager by working with the cine-club of the Algerian arts organization Association Chrysalide. His short films Les Baies d’Alger (2006) and Tarzan, Don Quixote and Us (2013) were exhibited internationally. His debut feature film, Roundabout in My Head, has won acclaim at festivals in Marseille, Carthage and Turin.
Details
Country of ProductionFrance, Algeria, Qatar
SubtitleEnglish
ColorColor
