Originally commissioned by the city of Algiers to promote tourism, Mohamed Zinet’s Tahia ya Didou blends documentary with fiction to create a poetic, acerbic and rapturous portrait of the director’s native city. The camera travels freely, through the port, market, streets and cafés, capturing everyday people, some of whom recur frequently enough to seem like protagonists. The nominal plotline follows a French tourist couple’s leisurely visit to the city, the man having previously served in the army during the Algerian war. As they walk around, his comments betray his mindset’s racist colonial prejudices, while his wife reiterates asinine clichés. Their unhurried wandering is interrupted when he comes across a blind man and realises that he tortured him during his army service. The film is punctuated with punchy sequences that show a poet named Momo delivering verse as an elegy for Algiers.
Wild Grass
Drama, Romance
6.1
Star Wars
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
8.2
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Comedy, War
6.9
After Hours
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
7.5
Dreams
Fantasy, Drama
7.7
Chopping Mall
Horror, Science Fiction
5.8
Inside Llewyn Davis
Drama, Music
7.2
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen Bond
Animation, Drama, Fantasy
7.3
Lilya 4-ever
Drama, Crime
7.6
Platoon
Drama, War, Action
7.7
Touch of Evil
Crime, Thriller
7.8
The Conformist
Drama
7.7
The Hustler
Drama, Romance
7.7
Parthenope
Drama
6.7
The Elephant Man
Drama, History
8.0
Band of Outsiders
Crime, Drama, Comedy
7.5
The Hunt
Drama
8.1
Fight Club
Drama, Thriller
8.4
Return of the Jedi
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
7.9
Semi-Pro
Comedy
5.6
The Unexpected Party
Comedy, Music
10.0
Popular Music
Comedy, Drama
6.3
In the Name of Christ
Comedy, Drama
4.2
Gito the Ungrateful
Comedy, Drama
5.2
Boubou cravate
Drama, Comedy
0.0
Starsky & Hutch
Comedy, Crime
5.8
Slums of Beverly Hills
Comedy, Drama
6.3
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
Animation, Comedy
5.0
Man Bites Dog
Comedy, Crime
7.2
Now and Then
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.9
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Crime, Comedy, Adventure
6.3
Detroit Rock City
Comedy, Music, Adventure
6.7
My Brother Is an Only Child
Comedy, Drama, History
6.7
King Solomon's Mines
Action, Adventure, Comedy
5.4
East Is East
Drama, Comedy
6.5
George of the Jungle
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
5.6
The Harem of Madame Osmane
Comedy, Drama
6.2
Pardon Mon Affaire
Comedy, Romance
7.0
Hibernatus
Comedy, Science Fiction
6.7