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The House is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm

  • La maison brûle, autant se réchauffer
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title : Axxam Yaṛɣa, Maqaṛ Ansaḥmu
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2023
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 43 (in minutes)

Yanis, a young Kabyle, is leaving for Paris tomorrow. He goes to the small local town to settle his last affairs. He learns of the death of a childhood friend and meets another at the funeral. A mishap at the café turns this last day in the boondocks into a galley and a road movie, first desperate, then pensive and melancholy, in an earthy, sodden Algeria.

A film by Mouloud Aït Liotna, starring Mehdi Ramdani (Yanis), Mohamed Lefkir (Hamid).

Screenplay: Mouloud Aït Liotna
Cinematography: Jowan Le Besco
Sound: Houcine Mellal
Music: Amazigh Kateb, Ptit Moh
Sets: Ammar Nouri Ammar Nouri
Editing: Esther Frey

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