'A Thousand Months' by Faouzi Bensaidi

'A Thousand Months' is produced by Faouzi Bensaidi. The movie is about ,Mehdi, a seven years old child whom his father is in prison, he lives with his mother in his grandfather’s house. Mehdi’s father is a teacher who is imprisoned under the charge of provoking students into protests, but Mehdi is told by his mother that his father is working in France. The grandfather is doing his best to keep the basic needs of the family. In that, he suffers too much living on the fact that his land being confiscated by the same country he fought for in the war of liberation. In school, Mehdi is privileged by carrying the teacher’s chair from and to his...

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‘Le Grand Voyage’ (The Great Journey) by Ismael Ferroukhi: Religion VsSecularism

‘Le Grand Voyage’ is written and directed by Ismael Ferroukhi. It stirs up the issue of ‘Beur Generatin’ who are the children of immigrant and their clash with ancestral culture. The story is about an immigrant father (Mohamed Majd) who forces his secular younger son to drive him from Marseille to Mecca. The son, Reda (Nicolas Cazale), cannot refuse his father’s decision; therefore, he gives up himself to his dominant father. During the beginning of the journey there is an intense communication between the father and the son that almost end up with argument. In their way, they encounter some incidents that only create more turmoil in their...

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