Divine wind
Original title: Rih rabani
Director: Merzak Allouache
Screenplay: Merzak Allouache
Genre: Feature
Casting: Sarah Layssac, Mohamed Oughlis, Messaouda Boukhira, Ahcène Benzerari...
Duration: 96 minutes
Year of production: 2018
Synopsis: Amin, a taciturn young man, stagnates in a small town, in the Algerian Sahara. Housed by the old El Hadja in an isolated house, he immerses himself daily in reading the Koran. One morning, he receives, in an encrypted message, the photo of a young woman, Nour. When she joins him a few days later, the meeting is cold. Yet their presence in this house is no coincidence. They don’t know each other but they have a common goal to achieve.
Festivals and awards: TIFF, Masters, Toronto International Film Festival, Canada - El Gouna Film Festival, Egypte - Geneva International Film Festival, Suisse - Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage, Tunisie - La Mostra de Cinebaix, Cinema de la Mediterrania i del Levant, Espagne - India International Film Festival Goa - Festival du Cinéma méditerranéen de Bruxelles, Belgique - Festival International du Film de Marrakech, Maroc - Rotterdam International Film Festival, Pays-Bas - Göteborg Film Festival, Suède - FCAAL Festival del Cinema Africano, d’Asia e America Latina di Milano, Italie / SIGNIS Award - Jeonju International Film Festival, Corée du Sud - New African Film Festival Silver Spring Maryland, Etats-Unis - Beirut Cinema Days, Liban - Middle East Now Festival, Italie - Festival du film franco-arabe, Jordanie - Filmfest Muenchen, Allemagne - Afrika Film Festival in Köln, Allemagne - Arab Film Festival in Tübingen, Allemagne...
