
Christian Milia-Darmezin
2021Adhen
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Salim Ameur-Zaïmeche, Sylvain Roumette
Talk of living wages and religious observances upsets the delicate accord between the boss of a run-down truck yard and his workers in this visually arresting take on the French-Algerian immigrant experience.
Dernier maquis
Les Chants de Mandrin
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Jacques Nolot, Christian Milia-Darmezin
Early on in this engaging historical drama, a marquis (played by the singularly droll Jacques Nolot) offers a peddler a carriage ride on a remote country road. After sizing up his benefactor, the peddler fights motion sickness to deliver his sales pitch: “I have here a few objects of wonder, pious images, pamphlets against men of the cloth, newspapers from Amsterdam and London, holy cards, quills, writing paper…”
Smugglers' Songs