The Last Queen

OT: La Dernière Reine

Damien Ounouri, Adila Bendimerad // Algeria, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Taiwan, 2022
Fiction Feature // FF2022

Story

An opulent costume drama about the legend of Zaphira, the last queen of Algeria. Algiers, 1516. The small Arab Berber republic has for years been under the control of the Spanish. To liberate the city from the tyranny of its occupiers, King Salim Toumi joins forces with the pirate Barbarossa. Together, they drive the Spaniards out – but the victory celebrations are cut short when Barbarossa murders the king and seizes power. One woman is prepared to stand up to him: Queen Zaphira.

Director

DAMIEN OUNOURI (*1982 in Clermont-Ferrand) studied film theory at the Sorbonne in Paris and lives in Algiers. His film Kindil el Bahr was shown in 2016 at FILMFEST HAMBURG. ADILA BENDIMERAD is an Algerian actor, screenplay writer and producer. In 2011, she founded the production company Taj Intaj to encourage young Algerian talent.

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Info

Original title: La Dernière Reine

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: Arabic

Section: Kaleidoskop//FF2022

Production country: Algeria, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Taiwan

Produced: 2022

Runtime: 110 min

Language and subtitles: OV with English subtitles

Director: Damien Ounouri, Adila Bendimerad

Screenplay: Damien Ounouri, Adila Bendimerad

Cast: Adila Bendimerad, Dali Benssalah, Tahar Zaoui, Imen Noel, Nadia Tereszkiewicz

Producer: Adila Bendimerad, Patrick Sobelman, Damien Ounouri, Roger Huang, Justine O

DoP: Shadi Chaaban

Sound: Amine Teggar, Li Dan-Feng

Editor: Matthieu Laclau, Yann-Shan Tsai

Music: Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine

Production design: Feriel Gasmi Issiakhem

Costume design: Jean-Marc Mireté

World Sales: The Party Film Sales

Production Company: Taj Intaj; Agat films - Ex nihilo

Co-Production: Centre Algérien de Développement du Cinéma (CADC); Birth

Film contact: The Party Film Sales, Théo Lionel: theo.lionel@thepartysales.com

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