El Gusto

Credits

Name: El Gusto

Country: Algerien, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate. Irland, Frankreich

Year of publication: 2011

Format: DVD

Color: color

Language : OF m. engl. UT

Duration: 89 Minuten

Direction: Bousbia, Safinez

Screenplay: Bousbia, Safinez

Editing: Bonnot, Francoise

Abstract

Almost 50 years later, Tahmi´s old classmates are being reunited for an historic concert in Marseille. The 73 year old Algerian guitarist Mustafa Tahmi takes us on a journey of his past, while his car winds through the intricate streets of the Algerian capital.  It’s the history of his youth where he was playing in a music class, a group of Muslim and Jewish men from the Casbah. They are  musicians who studied and performed together before the political and religious turmoil of Algeria´s War of Independence tore  their close friendships apart. Tahmi and his friends share with us their extraordinary memories, their personal tragedies and their never abandoned musical dreams and we learn that their love of Chaabi music has forged a bond that can never be torn apart between them.
EL GUSTO won two prizes at Abu Dhabi Film Festival: Best Director from the Arab World, and the International Film Critics
Prize (FIPRESCI).

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