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Marisol Gómez Mouakad | Puerto Rico, Mexico | 2016 | color | DCP | 90 min | Spanish, English | e.s.
French colonial Algeria, 1954: the War of Independence is about to break out. This is the birthplace of Albert Camus, author of the short story L’Hôte (The Guest) from 1954, on which director David Oelhoffen based his screenplay.
Algerian murderer Mohamed (Reda Kateb) is delivered, bound, to Daru (Viggo Mortensen), a teacher born in Algeria to Spanish parents. He must take this man across the Atlas mountains to a remote court. He starts the journey with great reluctance, as it means leaving behind the little school he runs in the middle of nowhere.
Like in a real Western – except in North Africa – the two men undertake the arduous trek through the Algerian desert, accompanied by the atmospheric music of composers Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, braving bad weather and battles between revolutionaries and colonial forces. They are even chased by villagers who want to try the prisoner according to their own blood laws. Inevitably, the pair grow closer together.
Place: The Cinemas 2
Date: 27 March 2015
Time: 19:00
Duration: 2:00
Place: The Cinemas 3
Date: 28 March 2015
Time: 10:45
Duration: 2:00
Year in
Festival
2015
Director
Steven Knight
Camera
Cast
Viggo Mortensen
Reda Kateb
Country
France
Editor
Juliette Welfling
Length
110 min
Music
Nick Cave
Warren Ellis
Producer
Guy Heeley
Paul Webster
Production Company
One World Films
Production Design
Stéphane Taillasson
Scenario
David Oelhoffen
based on a short story by Albert Camus
Sound Design
Year of Production
2014
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