A 70-year-old French director hijacks a bus to screen revolution films in Algeria. Chaos ensues.
A documentary road movie with René Vautier In the aftermath of Algeria's independence, René Vautier, a militant filmmaker, considered "the dad" of Algerian cinema, set up the cine-pops. We recreate with him the device of itinerant projections and we travel the country in ciné-bus (Algiers, Béjaïa, Tizi Ouzou, Tébessa) to hear the voices of the spectators on the political situation, youth and living conditions of men and Of women today.
Direction
Vautier's unapologetic chaos — he literally screens his own banned films.
Production
The ciné-bus: a roving cinema built from scratch, breaking down constantly.
Director
Leila Morouche
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vautier's 1958 'Algérie en flammes' was shot with FLN guerrillas and smuggled out in bread loaves — the film screened in this documentary was literally baked into existence.
The 'cine-pops' model Vautier created post-independence was later dismantled by Algeria's own authoritarian government, making this 2007 revival a funeral procession for dead utopias.
DZ
FR
