The Man Who Was Looking at the Windows

The Man Who Was Looking at the Windows

9.5IMDb Score
Released:1985-01-01
Genre:Drama
Duration:85 min
Country:Algeria
Director:Merzak Allouache
Actors:Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, Boudjemaâ Karèche, Fazia Chemloul, Allel El Mouhib
Production:

Overview:

A police office in Algiers sometime after independence. Mr Rachid, father, around fifty years old, former colonial official transferred to the cinema annex library. Mr. Rachid, disappointed and exasperated by his sad life, faced with an inspector who questions him, tries to explain: why did he kill his former department head after a long night of wandering?

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