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201535 minPGdocumentary

Babor Casanova

201535 minPGdocumentary

Adlan and Terrorist struggle to earn a living in the Sacré Coeur neighborhood of Algiers amid the challenges of their environment.

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Adlan and Terrorist struggle to earn a living in the Sacré Coeur neighborhood of Algiers amid the challenges of their environment.

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Karim Sayaddirector

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Algiers, 2015. Adlan and Terrorist navigate the Sacré Coeur neighborhood, desperately trying to make a few dinars.

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