Chronicles of my Village (2016)

  • NR
  • 07/30/2016 (DZ)
  • Drama, History, Comedy
  • 1h 20m

Overview

In 1960, nine-year-old Bachir dreamed of becoming the son of a martyr because he had heard that the children of martyrs would obtain everything after independence. He sets up a whole plan to get rid of a certain François, enemy of his country, while his father, Saddek, abandoned him with his mother and brothers. Through this fiction, the film looks at the life and visions of little Algerians during the War of National Liberation. Karim Traïdia looks back on his own childhood during the Algerian war (1945-1962). On a humorous note, it tells the adventures of a young child and his innocent friends against the backdrop of a raging merciless war.

Karim Traïdia

Writer, Director

Cast

Malik Bekhoucha's headshot

Malik Bekhoucha

Bachir
Hassan Kachach's headshot

Hassan Kachach

Saddek
Mouni Bouallam's headshot

Mouni Bouallam

La Mère
Fatima Ben Saïdane's headshot

Fatima Ben Saïdane

La Grand Mère
Lucien Guignard's headshot

Lucien Guignard

François
Fethi Nouri's headshot

Fethi Nouri

Le Voisin
Mohamed Tahar Zaoui's headshot

Mohamed Tahar Zaoui

Tchitcha

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