until the birds return (2017)

Synopsis:

Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of Mourad, a newly wealthy property developer, Aïcha, a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment, and Dahman, an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings. Three stories that plunge us into the human soul of a contemporary Arab society.

Director: Karim Moussaoui
Writer: Karim Moussaoui, Maud Ameline
Country: Algeria, France, Germany
Production: Les Films Pelléas, Niko Films, Taj Intaj, ARTE France Cinéma, MK2, Prolégomènes

Funds:

CNC’s World Cinema Support, Eurimages, Nordmedia FilmFörderung, FFHSH, World Cinema Fund (WFC), FDATIC, Doha Film Institute, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Gan Foundation