Documentary backdrop image for Regards D'en Face - Alger (2003)

Documentary backdrop image for Regards D'en Face - Alger (2003)

200352 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Regards D'en Face - Alger

200352 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Architect Jean-Jacques Deluz visits Algiers, meeting cultural figures such as singer Djamel Allam and poet Djamel Amrani amid the city's modern developments.

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Jean Asselmeyer

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Architect Jean-Jacques Deluz visits Algiers, meeting cultural figures such as singer Djamel Allam and poet Djamel Amrani amid the city's modern developments.

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Jean-Jacques Deluz

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Boudjemaâ Karèche

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M'hamed Benguettaf

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Architect Jean-Jacques Deluz walks through Algiers, a city he has lived in since 1960. He begins at the historic Casbah and continues to the 19th-century center, Fernand Pouillon's projects, and Bab El Oued. The film features conversations with Algerian cultural figures, including singer Djamel Allam and poet Djamel Amrani. Deluz also discusses the modern city of Maelma, which he helped construct. The documentary presents a view of Algeria beyond its violence.

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