14 Oct 1936
The Garden of Allah
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
The Empire of Dreams
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…
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Sid Ali Kouiret Jamil Charif
Fettouma Ousliha-Bouamari L'Actrice
Brahim Hadjadj Le Voyou
Mustapha El Anka 
Salah Teskouk Zorro
Aissa Ifrah Le Réalisateur
Mahmoud Aziz
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