Feature Documentary Competition | Algeria, France | French, Arabic | 72 min
When Lina’s grandparents, Aïcha and Mabrouk, decide to separate after 62 years together, she takes it as an opportunity to question their long journey of exile, as well as their several separations and alienating silence. Aïcha and Mabrouk had come together from Algeria to Thiers—a small medieval town in the middle of France—where they have experienced the chaotic existence of immigrant life. And now, it is time to look back at everything that had been.
French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress. After studying history and political science at La Sorbonne University in Paris, she started working as a journalist and a programmer in film festivals, looking to combine her passions for cinema and the study of contemporary Arab societies. After working as a programmer at the International Human Rights Film Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Soualem moved back to Paris where she is now based. She worked as a programmer for the Palest’In&Out Contemporary Art Festival in Paris. She acted in 3 feature films and currently works on film and documentary projects as a director, writer, and assistant director.
Connect with us
