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
Bananas
Comedy
6.7
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.5
The Green Mile
Fantasy, Drama, Crime
8.5
Oldboy
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action
8.3
Dune
Science Fiction, Adventure
7.8
Avengers: Endgame
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
8.2
Joker
Crime, Thriller, Drama
8.1
Alien
Horror, Science Fiction
8.2
Suicide Squad
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
5.9
The Godfather Part II
Drama, Crime
8.6
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
Star Wars
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
8.2
Titanic
Drama, Romance
7.9
Rear Window
Thriller, Mystery
8.3
The Terminator
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
7.7
Lost in Translation
Drama, Romance, Comedy
7.4
The Truman Show
Comedy, Drama
8.1
Looper
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
6.9
GoodFellas
Drama, Crime
8.5
Still Crazy
Comedy, Music
6.8
Dazed and Confused
Comedy, Drama
7.3
To Win the Lottery
Comedy
4.5
The Bucket List
Drama, Comedy
7.2
Sahara
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
5.9
Running with Scissors
Drama, Comedy
5.8
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Action, Comedy
7.3
24 Hour Party People
Comedy, Drama, Music
6.9
Go Go 70's
Comedy, Music
7.0
Who Am I?
Adventure, Action, Comedy, Thriller
7.1
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Comedy
6.7
Now and Then
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.9
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Crime, Comedy, Adventure
6.3
Roar
Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
5.9
La Cage aux Folles
Comedy
6.8
Bolot Feray
Comedy
0.0
Croque la vie
Drama, Comedy
3.0
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Romance, Comedy, Drama
6.6
Pardon Mon Affaire
Comedy, Romance
7.0
Hibernatus
Comedy, Science Fiction
6.7