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.
Where Eagles Dare
Action, Adventure, War
7.5
Up
Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure
8.0
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
7.4
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
Halloween
Horror, Thriller
7.6
Cruella
Comedy, Crime, Family, Adventure
8.0
Coco
Family, Animation, Music, Adventure
8.2
Logan
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
7.8
Enola Holmes
Adventure, Mystery, Crime
7.3
Inside Out
Animation, Family, Adventure, Drama, Comedy
7.9
The Little Mermaid
Animation, Family, Fantasy
7.4
Toy Story 3
Animation, Family, Comedy
7.8
No Country for Old Men
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.9
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantasy, Adventure
7.3
Blade Runner
Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
7.9
Fight Club
Drama
8.4
American Psycho
Thriller, Drama, Crime
7.4
Forrest Gump
Comedy, Drama, Romance
8.5
Iron Man
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
7.6
Good Will Hunting
Drama
8.2
Bed and Board
Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.2
Love on the Run
Romance, Drama, Comedy
7.1
The Lady Has Been Raped
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
4.7
Together
Drama, Comedy, Romance
7.0
Madagascar
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
6.9
My Uncle Paco
Comedy
4.2
Popular Music
Comedy, Drama
6.3
Leroy
Comedy, Drama
5.7
Hatari!
Adventure, Comedy
6.7
Dazed and Confused
Comedy, Drama
7.3
Gourbi Palace
Comedy
10.0
The Casbah of Algiers
Comedy, Family
10.0
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Drama, Romance, Comedy
6.6
Strawberry and Chocolate
Comedy, Drama
7.1
The Discord
Comedy
6.4
Semi-Pro
Comedy
5.6
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Comedy, Animation
6.5
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Adventure, Drama, Comedy
6.7
Measure of a Man
Comedy, Drama
6.7
Armour of God
Adventure, Action, Comedy
7.0