Loubia Hamra (2013)

Bloody Beans

On an Algerian beach, kids splash about, sleep, squabble - and then suddenly go to war. And it’s neither Lord of the Flies nor La Guerre des boutons. In her first film, full of grace, Narimane Mari films this childish freefor- all closely, at the irregular pace of an imagination inspired by the highest form of reality, national History — actually, nothing less than the Algerian War of Independence. When their make-believe induces a general upheaval, we follow the flock of children as they stamp their feet up the stairs, invade houses, cross village squares, in a whirlwind of shouts and empty words. Time is stretched like in a dream, through a choreography of belligerent shadows or the night-time explosion of the cemetery, as so many warning signs of dangers to come.

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Loubia Hamra

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Adlane Aïssani
Adlane Aïssani
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Amir Nourine
Amir Nourine
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Bilal Azil
Bilal Azil
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Chems-Eddine Boudjema
Chems-Eddine Boudjema
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Feyçal Ould Larbi
Feyçal Ould Larbi
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Narimane Mari
Narimane Mari
Director
Narimane Mari
Narimane Mari
Screenplay
Narimane Mari
Narimane Mari
Cinematography
Narimane Mari
Narimane Mari
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Anita Roth
Anita Roth
Editor
Caroline Detournay
Caroline Detournay
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