Synopsis

Yanis, a young Kabyl man, is leaving for Paris the following day. He goes to the nearby village to tie up loose ends. There he learns of the death of a childhood friend and meets another at the funeral. A mishap in a café turns his last day in the backwaters of an earthy and soggy Algeria into a road movie, first desperate, then thoughtful and melancholic.

Directing and writting

Mouloud Aït Liotna

Starring

Mehdi Ramdani, Mohamed Lefkir, Koukou Mahfoud

Production

Producters : Thibaut Amri & Benjamin Costes (Avant la nuit, France)

Coproducters : Jules David & Mouloud Ouyahia (L'Oeil Vif Productions, France)

Line producer : Amina Castaing (Alpha Tango, Algeria)

Associate producer : Lucas Sénécaut (L'Oeil Vif Productions, France)

Photography

Jowan Le Besco

Sound

Houcine Mellal

Editing

Esther Frey

Production design

Chef décorateur :Ammar Nouri

Costumes

Ouarda Khima

Technical crew

Script doctor : Magali Negroni

Assistant director : Hakim Abdelfettah

Makeup and hairstyling : Celia Oudni

Gaffer : Rabah Dalouche

Key grip : Med Lofti Nehoui

Production manager : Naïla Batel Salem (Algeria) & Thibaut Amri (France)

Sound editor : Hugo Rossi

Mix : Jean-François Terrien

Color grading : Graziella Zanoni

Partners

CNC, la région Occitanie, AFAC

International Sales

MAD Solutions

Selections & awards

Quinzaine des Cinéastes, Cannes, France ; Festival de Cinéma de Douarnenez, France ; Bejaia Film Encounters, Algeria ; Cinemed – Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier, France ; Festival des Cinémas d’Afrique du pays d’Apt, France ; IndieLisboa – International Film Festival, Lisbonne, Portugal ; Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France ; Festival du Cinéma de Brive, Rencontres Internationales du Moyen-métrage, France ; Festival Aflam, Marseille, France ; Medfilm Festival Rome, Italy

IndieLisboa – International Film Festival, Lisbonne, Portugal – Prix Spécial du Jury