Omar Gatlato

Omar Gatlato

★ 6.5IMDb Score
Released:1976-07-15
Duration:91 min
Country:Algeria
Director:Merzak Allouache
Actors:Boualem Benani, Aziz Degga, Farida Mestoul, Abdelkrim Baba Aissa, Areski Nebti
Production:O.N.C.I.C.

Overview:

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.

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