THE OTHER WORLD
synopsis
Paris, 1999. Yasmine, of Algerian descent, hasn’t heard from her fiancé Rachid who had a sudden impulse to join the Algerian army some time ago. Worried by his silence, she goes looking for him. Alone in a country whose language she doesn’t speak, Yasmine learns that Rachid got caught in a bloody ambush set up by Islamist fanatics.
international title: | The Other World |
original title: | L'autre monde |
country: | France, Algeria |
sales agent: | Playtime |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Merzak Allouache |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | FR 07/11/2001, CH 23/01/2003 |
screenplay: | Merzak Allouache |
cast: | Marie Brahimi, Karim Bouaiche, Nazim Boudjenah, Michèle Moretti, Abdelkrim Bahloul |
cinematography by: | François Kuhnel, George Lechaptois |
film editing: | Sylvie Gadmer |
art director: | Ramdane Kacer |
costumes designer: | Rachid Abbes |
music: | Gnawa Diffusion |
producer: | Christian Tison |
production: | Lancelot Films, ARTE France Cinéma, Baya Films, We Aime El Djazair (DZ) |
distributor: | Ad Vitam, Trigon Film (CH), Kairos Filmverleih (DE) |