Once Upon a Time in Algeria
November 20 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
This film is shown in conjunction with UK Jewish Film Festival 2024
NOTE – Tickets must be booked via the UKJFF box office
A joyful and nostalgic love letter to the Algiers of his youth, this enchanting autobiographical family drama recreates the vibrant Mediterranean city of the early 60s. With an ex-French Foreign Legion father who harbours dubious claims to Hungarian nobility, a beautiful and long-suffering Algerian Jewish mother, and a closeknit if somewhat shady extended family, 15-year-old Antoine’s main concern is how to navigate his secret crush on Josette, the girl in the apartment upstairs. Meanwhile, Algerian nationalists are eager to rid themselves of their French colonial masters, and Algeria’s ancient Jewish community is finding itself on the losing side of an increasingly dangerous and violent struggle.
France 2023, 128 mins, French with English subtitles
Director Alexandre Arcady
Genre Comedy-Drama
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