Bab El Oued City
Bab El-Oued, a popular district of Algiers, in 1989, a few months after the riots. Boualem works at night in a bakery and steals the loudspeaker that was installed on his roof and was broadcasting the Imam's word... therefore preventing him from sleeping. This blunder is taken as a pretext by the Islamists to put the district under their control...
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Bab El Oued City
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Nov 16, 1994
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
User Score
59%
Original Title
Bab El Oued City
Production Companies
Flash Back Audiovisuel, La Sept Cinéma, Les Matins Films, ZDF, Thelma Film
Director
Merzak Allouache
Description
Bab El-Oued, a popular district of Algiers, in 1989, a few months after the riots. Boualem works at night in a bakery and steals the loudspeaker that was installed on his roof and was broadcasting the Imam's word... therefore preventing him from sleeping. This blunder is taken as a pretext by the Islamists to put the district under their control...