El Manara

Three young friends—a girl (Asma) and two boys (Fawzi and Ramdane)—bound by a loving friendship, lead a carefree life. The riots of October 1988, the repression, the democratic explosion, and the Islamist drift that followed turn their lives upside down. Fawzi, a journalist involved in the independent press movement, and Ramdane, a doctor sensitive to the concerns of ordinary people, drift apart, separate, and find themselves caught up in a confrontation that is beyond their control. Asma tries in vain to prevent the trio from breaking up... But none of the three emerges unscathed...

Director: Belkacem Hadjadj

Cast

Khaled Benaissa

Fawzi

Sofia Nouacer Kouninef

Bouchra

S

Samia Meziane

Asma

Hichem Mesbah

T

Tarek Hadj Abdelhafid

Ramdane

F

Farouk Boutadjine

Le Terroriste

N

Nacer Chennouf

Yacine