

“koul lila nesma3 sot dyalek... yberberni”
Omar, a young Algerian civil servant living in Algiers, navigating the monotony of everyday life, masculinity, and romantic fantasies in a society caught between tradition and modernity. A witty yet quietly melancholic portrait of urban Algerian youth, where the gap between dreams and reality is often as absurd as it is painfully familiar.
Directed by Merzak Allouache
User score
11 votes
Released
July 15, 1976
1h 31m
Arabic, French