Les jours d’avant

Screening Schedule

Nov 11 (Fri.) 20:00 at NTT CRED Hall A-2

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Details

In an estate in southern Algiers, in the middle of the 90’s, boredom seems to reign supreme. Djaber and Yamina are neighbours but they do not know each other. Both found it so hard to meet between boys and girls that they almost stopped dreaming about it. But within a few days, what was just a faint and faraway violence bursts right in front of them, leaving an everlasting mark on their lives.

Director : Karim Moussaoui
Writer: Karim Moussaoui, Virginie Legeay

Year of production: 2014
Running time: 47’
Country: France, Algeria
Language : Arabic

Director

Karim Moussaoui
Born in 1976 in Algeria, Karim Moussaoui directs the short film Breakfast in 2003, then What We Must Do (Ce qu’on doit faire) in 2006. Founding member of Chrysalide, a association promoting cultural events, he has already worked as first assistant on Inland, a film by Tariq Teguia. In 2011, he becomes cinema-programming director at the Algiers Cultural Institute. That same year, his feature film script En attendant les hirondelles is selected for the Méditalents writing workshop, where he meets Virginie Legeay, with whom he co-scripts The Days Before.