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Urban Cartographies: the city in contemporary Arabic cinema
From September 21, 2010 until November 29, 2010
Casa Árabe will display in Sevilla from October 18th to November 15th this season. It portrays the vision Arab filmmakers have on the city, as a place where desires, projects and hopes, dreams for anonymity and freedom can come true.
The films are based on cities such as Beirut, Casablanca, Cairo, Nouadhibou, and Jerusalem.
Viva l’Aldjérie, by Nadir Moknèche (Algeria, France and Belgium, 2004).
Algiers. Former cabaret dancer Papicha lives with her daughter Goucem in a humble appartment in the city centre, continuosly missing her past. Goucem works in a photography shop and is the lover of a married doctor. Her best friend is Fifi, a neighbour who earns hers living as a prostitute. The three women search for their place in the changing Algerian society.
Awaiting Happiness, by Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania and France, 2002).
Nouadhibou. From the country interior, the young Abdallah visits his mother before migrating to Europe. Unable to understand the hassaniya language spoken over there, he is transformed into a real stranger in a world he observes with a mixture of distance and fascination.
Chronicle of a Disappearance, by Elia Suleiman (Palestine, 1996).
Jerusalem. A young Palestinian filmmaker returns from the United States to shoot a movie. The reunion with family and friends in Nazareth, and the close look at the way of life of Arabs in Israel, which he quit a long time ago, contrasts a feverish political fantasy with the city of Jerusalem as a background.
The Chaos?, by Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef (Egypt and France, 2007).
Cairo. Choubra neighborhood is subjugated to Hatem, a corrupted Police officer that everyone fears and hates. Just Nour, the young woman he courts, dares face him. Nevertheless, she is secretly in love with Sherif, a young and upright district attorney. An unrequited love in a social violence and police oppression environment.
WWW: What a Wonderful World, by Faouzi Bensaidi (Morocco, France and Germany, 2006).
Casablanca. Kamel is a killer who accepts jobs through the Internet. After carrying out his tasks, he is used to phoning Souad, an occasional prostitute. The one who always answers his calls is her friend Kenza, a young traffic officer to whose voice Kamel is deeply attracted, and he decides to search her after a certain point.
Falafel, by Michel Kammoun (Lebanon and France, 2006).
Beirut. Taufiq tries to make the most of every day. He realizes soon that having a normal life in Beirut is a luxury which is not available to him. Fifteen years after the end of the civil war, tensions are still all on edge, like a time bomb ready to explode. A long summer night will be crucial for his lifetime.
At the Filmoteca de Andalucía in Sevilla, in the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (c/ Páez de Rivera, s/n).
Time: 20.00. Original Version with Spanish subtitles. Free Admission.
Viva l’Aldjérie, by Nadir Moknèche (Algeria, France and Belgium, 2004).
Algiers. Former cabaret dancer Papicha lives with her daughter Goucem in a humble appartment in the city centre, continuosly missing her past. Goucem works in a photography shop and is the lover of a married doctor. Her best friend is Fifi, a neighbour who earns hers living as a prostitute. The three women search for their place in the changing Algerian society.
Awaiting Happiness, by Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania and France, 2002).
Nouadhibou. From the country interior, the young Abdallah visits his mother before migrating to Europe. Unable to understand the hassaniya language spoken over there, he is transformed into a real stranger in a world he observes with a mixture of distance and fascination.
Chronicle of a Disappearance, by Elia Suleiman (Palestine, 1996).
Jerusalem. A young Palestinian filmmaker returns from the United States to shoot a movie. The reunion with family and friends in Nazareth, and the close look at the way of life of Arabs in Israel, which he quit a long time ago, contrasts a feverish political fantasy with the city of Jerusalem as a background.
The Chaos?, by Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef (Egypt and France, 2007).
Cairo. Choubra neighborhood is subjugated to Hatem, a corrupted Police officer that everyone fears and hates. Just Nour, the young woman he courts, dares face him. Nevertheless, she is secretly in love with Sherif, a young and upright district attorney. An unrequited love in a social violence and police oppression environment.
WWW: What a Wonderful World, by Faouzi Bensaidi (Morocco, France and Germany, 2006).
Casablanca. Kamel is a killer who accepts jobs through the Internet. After carrying out his tasks, he is used to phoning Souad, an occasional prostitute. The one who always answers his calls is her friend Kenza, a young traffic officer to whose voice Kamel is deeply attracted, and he decides to search her after a certain point.
Falafel, by Michel Kammoun (Lebanon and France, 2006).
Beirut. Taufiq tries to make the most of every day. He realizes soon that having a normal life in Beirut is a luxury which is not available to him. Fifteen years after the end of the civil war, tensions are still all on edge, like a time bomb ready to explode. A long summer night will be crucial for his lifetime.
CALENDAR
| Monday 18th October | Viva l’Aldjérie |
| Monday 25th October | Awaiting Happiness |
| Monday 8th November | Chronicle of a Disappearance |
| Monday 15th November | The Chaos? |
| Monday 22th November | WWW: What a Wonderful World |
| Monday 29th November | Falafel |
At the Filmoteca de Andalucía in Sevilla, in the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (c/ Páez de Rivera, s/n).
Time: 20.00. Original Version with Spanish subtitles. Free Admission.
