El Manara

El Manara

8.5IMDb Score
Released:2004-01-01
Genre:Drama
Duration:0 min
Country:Algeria
Director:Belkacem Hadjadj
Actors:Khaled Benaissa, Sofia Nouacer Kouninef, Samia Meziane, Hichem Mesbah, Tarek Hadj Abdelhafid
Production:Machaho Production

Overview:

Three young friends—a girl (Asma) and two boys (Fawzi and Ramdane)—bound by a loving friendship, lead a carefree life. The riots of October 1988, the repression, the democratic explosion, and the Islamist drift that followed turn their lives upside down. Fawzi, a journalist involved in the independent press movement, and Ramdane, a doctor sensitive to the concerns of ordinary people, drift apart, separate, and find themselves caught up in a confrontation that is beyond their control. Asma tries in vain to prevent the trio from breaking up... But none of the three emerges unscathed...

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