BAB EL WEB
synopsis
Kamel and his brother Bouzid live in Bab el Oued, a working-class neighborhood of Algiers. Bouzid is an Internet addict. He spends his time in a cybercafé "chatting" with girls from around the world. Without really believing it will ever happen, he invites them to Algiers. But one day, Laurence, one of his French correspondents, announces that she accepts his invitation – and that she’s arriving in Algiers in a week’s time! For Bouzid, it’s a disaster: how can he welcome Laurence when he lives in a small apartment with the rest of his family?
international title: | Bab el web |
original title: | Bab el web |
country: | France, Algeria |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Merzak Allouache |
film run: | 99' |
release date: | FR 16/03/2005, BE 11/05/2005 |
screenplay: | Merzak Allouache |
cast: | Samy Naceri, Faudel, Julie Gayet, Hacène Benzerari, Boualem Benani |
cinematography by: | Antoine Roch |
film editing: | Sylvie Gadmer |
art director: | Sylvie Deldon |
costumes designer: | Laurence Struz |
music: | D.J. Abdel, Valmont |
producer: | Gilles Sandoz, Pierre Benque |
production: | Maïa Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Pyramide Productions, Baya Films, Les Productions JMH, ENTV, Gimages Développement, Canal+ (FR) |
backing: | Centre National de la Cinématographie, Ministère de la Culture FR, Région Ile-de-France |
distributor: | Pyramide Distribution |