L’ATELIER DU FESTIVAL
The Last Queen
Directed by : Damien OUNOURI
- Year of production : 2018
- Country : Algeria , Malta , Malta
- Length : 100 minutes
Previous films : http://www.cinandovl.com/atelier2018
Synopsis
It is the year 1516. Algiers is a small Arabian-Berber republic, suffocated by the Spaniards, who have had control of the harbour for six years. King Salim Toumi makes an alliance with the pirate Barberousse in order to free the city. After their victory, Salim is assassinated in his bathtub. Barberousse becomes the new ruler of Algiers, and is confronted with a rebellion. Both history and legend tell that Salim Toumi, the last King of Algiers, had a wife named Zaphira, and that Aroudj Barberousse desired her. Barberousse is supposed to have said: "I will take his palace, and I will mount his horse and his wife."
Statement
The film is set in 16th century Algiers. This was a time of political and social upheaval, an identity crisis, out of which emerged the foundations of a new Algiers. How can we bring to life this period of history that has been ignored for so long, and how can we tell the story of this Last Queen, this woman whose very existence has never ceased to be both disputed and upheld by historians through the centuries? The novelistic and baroque narrative is told from the female point of view, attempting to capture these expunged voices, in order to explore history from a different angle. To travel far back in time, back to a multi-cultural, ambitious and adventurous Algiers; in order to return and shake up contemporary Algeria, to refresh her memory and stir up her desire and her imagination.
Credits
Damien OUNOURI - Director
Specifications
Language film :
Arabic, Arabic,
Working budget:
2,5M €
Financing acquired:
430 000 €
Contacts
Production
BANG BANG PRODUCTIONS / AGAT FILM EX NIHILO
18 chemin Mustapha Khalef, Ben Aknoun - 16000 Algi
ALGERIA
- +213 770 323 275
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www.bangbangprod.tv / www.agatfilmsetcie.com
AMINA CASTAING / PATRICK SOBELMAN,
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[email protected] / [email protected] - [email protected]
L'Atelier 2018
