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# Viva La'ldjerie

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Product Description Winter of 2003. Three women: A mother, her daughter, and a prostitute have been living in a hotel in the center of town amid creeping fundamentalism. Goucem, the daughter, has chosen a modern, emancipated life, spending steamy weekends in nightclubs. Review Nominated - Best Film ----Thessaloniki Film Festival

Review: La Vie à Algers - This is a thoughtful, troubling film about relationships, Algiers, and the historical processes which shape them. Subtly political, it offers considerable insight into what is going on in North Africa. Outstanding acting by main and supporting actors and excellent writing and directing. This film is a jewel, worth watching numerous times.
Review: The secular half… - …or is it only the 5%? At least in terms of the cinema, my image of Algeria is still largely shaped by Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers . Yes, things have changed, and for so many Algerians of today, that are not of a “certain age,” the events that Pontecorvo depicted, are as distant as the Peloponnesian War. Fortunately desertcart, and in particular, the Prime program, suggested that I update my knowledge, for free (!), and so I did. Nadir Moknèche, the Director, was born in Paris, raised in Algiers after the death of his father when Nadir was three, and returned to Paris at the age is 16. He has produced and directed a number of films on the Maghreb, its people, and France. He is sometimes compared with the Spanish director, Pedro Almodovar. Indeed, a too hasty read of the film’s blurb led me to believe this film was produced by Almodovar. Within the first ten minutes there is some passionate love-making and full frontal nudity, a sufficient (and pleasant) jolt that says that Pontecorvo’s historical concerns won’t even make the back-burner. Goucem, brilliantly played by Lubna Azabal, is 27, and has been having an affair with an older married physician for the previous three years. She knows that her “biological clock” is ticking. Her mother, played by Biyouna, is another favorite actress of Moknèche. They live in one room, and sleep together in a double bed. Her mother had been a nightclub dancer, and still dreams of those “glory days.” Moknèche shoots several scenes with the mosque in the background. Indeed, one scene shows Biyouna’s former nightclub converted into a mosque; shades of Cordoba. Sometimes Goucem walks in public clothed as a woman would in Western countries; at other times, having internalized the code of public permissibility in various parts of the city (I remember it well from Riyadh), they wear various forms of the hijab. Prostitution? Of course, and a friend in the building is one, but all her clients are “cousins.” The crushing overpopulation and attendant unemployment is always in the background. In Algeria, as in so many other countries, much spiritual sustenance is obtained from the fortune-telling quacks. Many seek salvation in another fashion: emigration! Terrorism? The threat from the fundamentalists is always in the background, but one of the movie’s lines is: “Bouteflika says that it is finished.” And there are several scenes with the (updated) Bay of Algiers in the background, including the large freighters which now frequent the port. Moknèche features two fairly strong, independent-minded women making their own way, in the Algeria of a decade ago, a society still fractured culturally, which one day I hope to observe in person, inch’allah. 5-stars for a much needed update on the lay of the land.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B0007LI3JC |
| Actors  | Biyouna, Lubna Azabal, Nadia Kaci |
| Best Sellers Rank | #106,260 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #1,046 in Foreign Films (Movies & TV) #7,954 in Kids & Family DVDs #16,596 in Drama DVDs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (49) |
| Director  | Nadir Mokneche |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer  | No |
| MPAA rating  | Unrated (Not Rated) |
| Media Format  | Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Product Dimensions  | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.88 ounces |
| Release date  | January 1, 2005 |
| Run time  | 1 hour and 53 minutes |
| Studio  | Film Movement |
| Subtitles:  | English |

## Product Details

- **Contributor:** Biyouna, Lubna Azabal, Nadia Kaci, Nadir Mokneche
- **Format:** Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled
- **Genre:** Drama
- **Language:** French
- **Runtime:** 1 hour and 53 minutes

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ La Vie à Algers
*by R***S on October 29, 2016*

This is a thoughtful, troubling film about relationships, Algiers, and the historical processes which shape them. Subtly political, it offers considerable insight into what is going on in North Africa. Outstanding acting by main and supporting actors and excellent writing and directing. This film is a jewel, worth watching numerous times.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The secular half…
*by J***I on March 8, 2017*

…or is it only the 5%? At least in terms of the cinema, my image of Algeria is still largely shaped by Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers . Yes, things have changed, and for so many Algerians of today, that are not of a “certain age,” the events that Pontecorvo depicted, are as distant as the Peloponnesian War. Fortunately Amazon, and in particular, the Prime program, suggested that I update my knowledge, for free (!), and so I did. Nadir Moknèche, the Director, was born in Paris, raised in Algiers after the death of his father when Nadir was three, and returned to Paris at the age is 16. He has produced and directed a number of films on the Maghreb, its people, and France. He is sometimes compared with the Spanish director, Pedro Almodovar. Indeed, a too hasty read of the film’s blurb led me to believe this film was produced by Almodovar. Within the first ten minutes there is some passionate love-making and full frontal nudity, a sufficient (and pleasant) jolt that says that Pontecorvo’s historical concerns won’t even make the back-burner. Goucem, brilliantly played by Lubna Azabal, is 27, and has been having an affair with an older married physician for the previous three years. She knows that her “biological clock” is ticking. Her mother, played by Biyouna, is another favorite actress of Moknèche. They live in one room, and sleep together in a double bed. Her mother had been a nightclub dancer, and still dreams of those “glory days.” Moknèche shoots several scenes with the mosque in the background. Indeed, one scene shows Biyouna’s former nightclub converted into a mosque; shades of Cordoba. Sometimes Goucem walks in public clothed as a woman would in Western countries; at other times, having internalized the code of public permissibility in various parts of the city (I remember it well from Riyadh), they wear various forms of the hijab. Prostitution? Of course, and a friend in the building is one, but all her clients are “cousins.” The crushing overpopulation and attendant unemployment is always in the background. In Algeria, as in so many other countries, much spiritual sustenance is obtained from the fortune-telling quacks. Many seek salvation in another fashion: emigration! Terrorism? The threat from the fundamentalists is always in the background, but one of the movie’s lines is: “Bouteflika says that it is finished.” And there are several scenes with the (updated) Bay of Algiers in the background, including the large freighters which now frequent the port. Moknèche features two fairly strong, independent-minded women making their own way, in the Algeria of a decade ago, a society still fractured culturally, which one day I hope to observe in person, inch’allah. 5-stars for a much needed update on the lay of the land.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Four Stars
*by J***A on December 5, 2016*

Good movie overall. Acting is good. Plot not so much. It like a soap opera.

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