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First Steps of the Maghrebian Cinema
Casa Árabe, in collaboration with the universities of Cordoba, Jaen and Cadiz , shows this season dedicated to the first films of the Maghrebian cinema within the framework of Mediterranean Visual Elements (Visualidades Mediterráneas), a project coordinated by the University of Jaen to revise the view of the Mediterranean culture from both shores of the sea shared by Europe, Asia and Africa.
Films
Wechma, by Hamid Bennani (Morocco, 1970).
This film is considered to be an indisputable masterpiece of the Moroccan cinema, diametrically opposed to the classical tale. The story places an orphan, emblematic hero of an initiation trip, as the centre of an original narrative mechanism.
Omar Gatlato, by Merzak Allouache (Algeria, 1976).
This work marks the start of a new stage in Algerian cinema, which breaks with the films on revolutionary topics made during the previous years to focus its critical look on the day to day life of the new generation.
Oh the Days!, by Ahmed El Maanouni (Morocco, 1978).
This full-length film emblematically marks the new Arab cinema. Directed in precarious conditions with amateur actors, the film is an inspired report on the rural living in Casablanca's region.
Wanderers of the Desert, by Nacer Khemir (Tunisia, 1984).
This film is a sufi tale which lauds the desert beauty. Composing plans and sequences as paintings, Khemir pays homage to the Arab culture’s splendor.
Through a selection of remarkable films, this retrospective points out the common elements of the productions made in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, highlighting the specificities of each national production, and illustrates the important cinema phenomenon in the three countries, although in different ways and paces.
Film exhibition will take place in Jaen from 1st to 4th March, in Cadiz from 8th to 29th and in Cordoba from 9th to 30th March.
JAEN
| Tuesday 1st March: | Oh the Days! |
| Wednesday 2nd March: | Wanderers of the Desert |
| Thursday 3th March: | Omar Gatlato |
| Friday 4th March: | Wechma |
Shows will take place at Edificio Centro, classroom II of the University of Jaen (c/ Federico de Mendizábal, 2) at 20.30. Original version with Spanish subtitles. Free entrance, limited by space availability.
ALGECIRAS (CÁDIZ)
| Tuesday 8th March: | Oh the Days! |
| Tuesday 15th March: | Wanderers of the Desert |
| Tuesday 22th March: | Omar Gatlato |
| Tuesday 29th March: | Wechma |
The shows will take place at the Assembly Hall (Salón de actos) of the Escuela Politécnica Superior, Algeciras Campus of the University of Cadiz (Avda. Ramón Puyol, s/n) at 19.30. Original version with Spanish subtitles. Free entrance, limited by space availability.
CORDOBA
| Wednesday 9th March: | Oh the Days! |
| Wednesday 16 March: | Wanderers of the Desert |
| Wednesday 23 March: | Omar Gatlato |
| Wednesday 30 March: | Wechma |
Showings will take place at the Assembly Hall (Salón de actos) of the Education Faculty of the University of Cordoba (Avda. San Alberto Magno, s/n) at 19.00. Original version with Spanish subtitles. Free entrance, limited by space availability.
