I STILL HIDE TO SMOKE
synopsis
A hammam in turmoil, cigarettes on the sly, the fat and the skinny, gales of laughter, dreams of a dazzling wedding, forgotten false teeth, calls to prayer, a head masseuse, a picky matchmaker, an expat dressed like a blondie, kids bawling, beards growing, a love song, love for your man, men’s love for their mothers, inappropriate spermatozoids, a pregnant virgin, a princess married age 10, a cuckolded husband, a virginity certificate, a festive divorce, a bush to shave, a bomb in the water tank, open-tops and cover-ups, an assassin brother, acid burns, a hooded plumber, a pussy on fire, solitary pleasures, butts and burqas, the Bible and the Koran... before the flash of a dagger and the silence of God.
international title: | I Still Hide to Smoke |
original title: | À mon âge je me cache encore pour fumer |
country: | France, Greece, Algeria |
sales agent: | Les Films du Losange |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Rayhana Obermeyer |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | FR 26/04/2017 |
screenplay: | Rayhana Obermeyer |
cast: | Hiam Abbass, Fadila Belkebla, Nassima Benchicou, Biyouna, Nadia Kaci, Lina Soualem |
cinematography by: | Mohamed Tayeb Laggoune, Olympia Mytilinaiou |
film editing: | Rayhana Obermeyer |
music: | Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen |
producer: | Michèle Ray-Gavras |
co-producer: | Fenia Cossovitsa |
production: | KG Productions, Blonde Audiovisual Productions, Battam Films (DZ) |
distributor: | Les Films du Losange |