Jun 05, 1982
125 min
Full-HD

The Empire of Dreams (1982)

A stubborn director who wants to rediscover the Algiers of his childhood comes up against the “Hollywood” fantasies of his characters, non-professionals all hoping to be able to become “someone else”, at least for the duration of a film… Mise en abyme for a journey into megalomania…

Category

Drama Comedy

Country

Algeria

Companies

Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

Sid Ali Kouiret

Jamil Charif

Fettouma Ousliha-Bouamari

L'Actrice

Brahim Hadjadj

Le Voyou

Mustapha El Anka

Salah Teskouk

Zorro

Abdelkrim Baba Aissa

Le Monteur

Mohamed Bouamari

Aissa Ifrah

Le Réalisateur

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