The Yonkers Film Festival 2022 In Review
A summary of the films featured in this annual event taking place in Westchester.
Lumières
Long quest for a director specializing in commissioned films, who after a depression rediscovers his loved ones, his Casbah district, himself. Taken in hand, for a while, by his Islamist neighbor, it is above all the meeting with an old projectionist giving him a censored history of cinema and Algeria, which helps him to change, and to accept his own fantasies, embodied by Marilyn Monroe and the Andalusian.
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Long quest for a director specializing in commissioned films, who after a depression rediscovers his loved ones, his Casbah district, himself. Taken in hand, for a while, by his Islamist neighbor, it is above all the meeting with an old projectionist giving him a censored history of cinema and Algeria, which helps him to change, and to accept his own fantasies, embodied by Marilyn Monroe and the Andalusian.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Jean-Pierre Lledo
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Runtime:110 minutes
Studio:Centre Algérien pour l'Art et l'Industrie Cinématographique (CAAIC)
Cast
Jean-Pierre Lledo
Director
Mohamed Fellag
Aziz
Mustapha El Anka
Le Vieux Projectionniste
Yahia Benmabrouk
L'acteur vendeur de fruits
Kaci Tizi Ouzou
René Vautier
L'animateur des Ciné Pops
Doudja Achachi
La Mère
Mustapha Preure
Inspecteur des cinémas
Anne Turolla
Marylin Monroe
Hamou Saadaoui
L'Aveugle
Fawzi B. Saichi
Patron Pressing
Farouk Mezouane
Patron Cinéma La Perle
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