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DOCUMENTARY The director undertakes an emotional journey to Algeria. A road movie about the country of his father and the love of his parents. January 2019. Karim Aïnouz decides to cross the Mediterranean by ferry and visit Algeria, his father’s home, for the first time. He records the stages of his journey: the crossing, his arrival in the Atlas Mountains in Kabylia, a mountainous region in the North of the country, the return journey. Accompanied by the memory of his mother Iracema, present, past and future intermingle.
Director
KARIM AÏNOUZ (*1966 in Fortaleza, Brazil) studied architecture in Brasília and film at New York University. He works as a film-maker and artist in Berlin. His debut feature Madame Satã was shown in 2002 at FILMFEST HAMBURG.Trailer
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Marinheiro Das Montanhas
Documentary Feature
Portuguese, Arabic, French
Kaleidoscope | FF2021
Brazil, France, Germany
2021
98 min
OV with English subtitles
Karim Aïnouz
Murilo Hauser, Karim Aïnouz
Karim Aïnouz
Juan Sarmiento
Bjorn Wiese, Benedikt Schiefer
Ricardo Saraiva
Benedikt Schiefer
The Match Factory GmbH
VideoFilmes; MPM Film; Big Sister
Watchmen Productions
Valentina Bronzini, The Match Factory GmbH: valentina.bronzini@matchfactory.de
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MemoriesExperimentalFamily and RelationshipsHistorySocietyIslamic CultureArt and EssayMigration and OriginsMotherBiopicTravellingRoad MovieDeath and LossFather