In a working class district of Algiers, shortly after the riots of 1988, ayoung bakery worker rips out a loudspeaker broadcasting the propaganda of anIslamic fundamentalist group. This act of frustration is taken as aprovocation by the local extremist organization, which happens to be led by the brother of the bakery worker's lover. The most lucid depiction on film of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Algeria" (Deborah Young Variety). Winner of the FIPRESCI international film critics' prize at Cannes. In Arabic" Merzak Allouache---Algeria/France/Germany/Switzerland---1994---93 mins.Directed by: Merzak AllouacheRunning time: 93Year: 1994Arabic with English Subtitles
