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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Lumières
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 1989
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
User Score
100%
Original Title
Lumières
Production Companies
Centre Algérien pour l'Art et l'Industrie Cinématographique (CAAIC)
Director
Jean-Pierre Lledo
Description
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.