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.
Ugetsu
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
8.0
Citizen Kane
Mystery, Drama
8.0
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Lost in Translation
Drama, Romance
7.4
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.4
Home Alone
Comedy, Family
7.4
GoodFellas
Drama, Crime
8.5
The Hurt Locker
Drama, Thriller, War
7.3
Raya and the Last Dragon
Animation, Family, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
7.9
Ghostbusters
Comedy, Fantasy
7.5
Dunkirk
War, Action, Drama
7.5
The Godfather
Drama, Crime
8.7
Guardians of the Galaxy
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
7.9
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
7.6
Full Metal Jacket
Drama, War
8.1
Nomadland
Drama
7.2
The Shape of Water
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
7.2
Gangs of New York
Drama, History, Crime
7.3
Oppenheimer
Drama, History
8.1
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Adventure, Drama, Comedy
7.2
Still Crazy
Comedy, Music
6.8
Viva Dirk
Comedy, Animation, Fantasy
0.0
The Teacher was One Hell of a Man
Comedy
6.4
Volunteer in Eros
Comedy
5.3
The Countess of Corfu
Comedy
5.4
Leif
Music, Comedy, TV Movie
0.0
Bed and Board
Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.2
Love on the Run
Romance, Drama, Comedy
7.1
Mama Casserole
Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
0.0
Der Trip - Die nackte Gitarre 0,5
Comedy, Music
2.7
Breakfast on Pluto
Drama, Comedy
7.2
The Boat on the Grass
Comedy, Drama
4.7
The French Dispatch
Drama, Comedy
7.1
Gone Too Far!
Comedy
5.4
Pardon Mon Affaire
Comedy, Romance
7.0
Hibernatus
Comedy, Science Fiction
6.8
24 Hour Party People
Comedy, Drama, Music
6.9
Forrest Gump
Comedy, Drama, Romance
8.5
The Man Who Returned from the Heat
Comedy, Drama
5.4