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Boudjemâa et la Maison Cinéma
10.0 / 10• 2019• 1h 3m•NR• French
Documentary
Storyline
He is a 75-year-old half-blind man. He takes 3000 steps every day. Since 2004 he has made a decision: he will no longer talk about cinema. Boudjemâa, our living memory. That of Algerian cinema, African cinema, Arab cinema, cinema in short. The Algiers Cinematheque. The “masterpiece of Algerian cinema”. Boudjemâa Karèche directed it for 34 years. So why does Boudjemâa no longer talk about cinema? The answer lies next to the circumstances which caused his ouster from the Cinémathèque. Boudjemâa was silent. The time has come for him to let the word think for itself.
Cast & Crew
Boudjemaâ Karèche
Self
Lead
Mohammed Latrèche
Self
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mohammed Latrèche's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Boudjemâa et la Maison Cinéma is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
