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Kindil El Bahr
By
Damien OunouriDuration
40 MIN
Language
Arabic
Subtitles
English
Country
United States, Algeria, Kuwait
Year
2016
Synopsis
During a beach excursion, Nfissa, a young mother, is lynched to death by a group of young men, while swimming offshore. Nobody seems to witness her disappearing. Anxiety and fear grow among the family, especially as, on the same beach, bathers suddenly die.
Direction
Damien Ounouri
Damien OUNOURI is an Algerian director who lives and works in Algiers. Fidaï (2012), his first feature film documentary on the Algerian Revolution produced by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke, was selected at the Toronto International Film Festival, before touring the world, winning numerous awards and being released in theatres in France and in Germany. His first fiction Kindil el Bahr (2016) made his world premiere at the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. He is currently preparing his first feature film titled La dernière Reine, a project selected at the Cinéfondation Workshop in 2018.
Camera
Mohamed Tayeb Laggoune
Music
Safy Boutella
Khaled
Fethi Nadjem
Zahouania
Editing
Matthieu Laclau
Sound designer
Danfeng Li
Screenplay
Adila Bendimerad
Damien Ounouri
Cast
Nabil Asli
Adila Bendimerad
Aziz Boukerouni
Souad Sebki
Original Title
Kindil El Bahr
English Title
Kindil
