Viva Laldjérie (2004)

Director:

Nadir Moknèche

Writer:

Nadir Moknèche (writer)

Release Date:

7 April 2004 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

This movie portrays three women living in today's Algeria between modern society and Islamic fundamentalism...

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Lubna Azabal	...	Goucem
Biyouna	...	Papicha
Nadia Kaci	...	Fifi
Jalil Naciri	...	Samir
Abbes Zahmani	...	Chouchou
Florence Giorgetti	...	La voyante
Lounès Tazairt	...	Docteur Aniss Sassi
Akim Isker	...	Yacine Sassi
Fawzi B. Saichi	...	Le planton du cadastre (as Faouzi Saichi)
Serge Avedikian	...	Monsieur Fares
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nabil Abada	...	Le petit garçon du cortège
Kamel Abdeli	...	Nounou, le concierge
Cheb Abdou Jr.	...	Ami de M. Fares
Samir Abdoun	...	Le serveur du Rouge-Gorge
Rabah Aridj	...	Le vendeur de tableaux
Maël Atoui	...	Le fils du concierge
Mohand Azzoug	...	L'aggresseur de Yacine
Baya Belal	...	Madame Sassi
Zizek Belkebla	...	Inconnu boîte de nuit
Hayet Bouabdalah	...	La conductrice
Amine Bouadda	...	Le chauffeur de taxi
Djamel Bouazama	...	Le déménageur
Akim Fabien Busetta	...	Le copain de Yacine
Karim Chine	...	Le chauffeur de Chouchou
Leila Faidi	...	Leila
Rachid Fekar	...	Homme 1 hôpital
Samir Guittara	...	Pizzaiolo
Louiza Habani	...	Docteur Braik
Lynda Harchaoui	...	Tiziri
Ali Harrat	...	L'infirmier
Mohamed Ihamichene	...	Mo
Yahia Ikhechanene	...	Homme 2 hôpital
Fatma Kabouya	...	La femme édentée
Nathalie Karsenty	...	Caissière pizzeria (as Nathalie Karsenti)
Hafsa Zinai Koudil	...	La femme au chapeau (as Hafsa Koudil)
Cherif Laribi	...	Le barman à la Madrague
Djazia Lounissi	...	La bonne Sassi
Leila Mahamedi	...	La jeune fille du taxi
Erwanne Kenza Mas	...	Kenza, la fille de la concierge
Sarah Mas	...	Sarah, la copine de Leila
Nadir Moknèche	...	Le commissaire
Sabeha Mokneche	...	La maîtresse du mariage
Zaki Moulay	...	Le vendeur de cigarettes
Fadila Ouabdesselam	...	La bonne de la voyante
Abdelghani Oulebsir	...	Le client de Fifi
Mohamed Ourdache	...	L'homme de la morgue
Moussa Rerzki	...	Le client de 21 heures
Souad Sarri	...	La nouvelle femme de Sassi
Nawal Scandar	...	Danseuse boîte de nuit
Haffira Sellami	...	Femme de ménage hôpital
Youcef Silhat	...	Le patron du bar
Linda Slimani	...	Hadjira, la concierge
Waguih Takla	...	Monsieur Mouffok
Aida Yahiaoui	...	La dame chic du taxi
Mourad Yekour	...	L'homme au journal
Mourad Zerouni	...	Le guichetier du cadastre
Nawel Zwit	...	La femme à la fourrure

Also Known As:

Viva Algeria (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:113 min

Country:

France | Algeria | Belgium

Language:

French | Arabic

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:12

Company:

BL Prod.

Algerian cinema re-emergence

I just watched "Viva Laldjerie" at the Cine-Club in Algiers. The crisis of the 1990s took a heavy toll on Algerian cinema. Happily, the past couple of years have witnessed a re-emergence, of which Viva Laldjerie is an auspicious example. Set in the Algiers of today, the film tells the story of three women: Papicha, a former cabaret star who dreams of getting back into the business; her daughter, Goucem, an independent spirit working for a photographer and carrying on an affair with a married man she's beginning to suspect wants to leave her; and Fifi, a prostitute who thinks she's got it all under control now that she's found a powerful "protector." Director Moknèche's great achievement is to show how beyond the bright lights, bustling city streets and modern urban architecture there's the sense of a country, of a people, that feels spent and exhausted from the constant threat that the violence that crippled Algeria for almost a decade might once again return. Yet, as the stories of these three women show, resistance can take many forms. In response to previous comments, I am surprise of the level of ignorance of the Arab World. you can watch many different movies in Algeria. I have watched "Emmanual" in Oran The RAI music contains swearing and even blasphemous and you can hear it in chafes, bars etc..Just for your information Algeria is the first wine producer in the world after the Romans, it will help if you know a bit about the Arab culture, for example read about Abu Nawas and Al-Rubaiyat