Sevda: Mecburi Istikamet
In the heart of Algeria, we follow three characters: - Nowadays with Boubekeur, a solitary and silent traveler wandering according to his encounters; - In 1996 and during the years of terror and count…
Sevda: Mecburi Istikamet
In the heart of Algeria, we follow three characters: - Nowadays with Boubekeur, a solitary and silent traveler wandering according to his encounters; - In 1996 and during the years of terror and counter-terrorism, with "The Blue," an archivist deciphering the mysteries of a trafficking operation orchestrated by a mysterious man named "S.K"; - Finally, with Seddik Kelkan, also known as "Saïd the Vanished" or the "Red," a timeless character struggling with inner ghosts and the archives that feed the various quests. Each step reveals fragments of memories, resistance, and daily life. A temporality formed by the harshest years where chimera and reality became one. Mixing unpublished archives with intimate encounters in the tone of an investigation, the film takes us between reality and mirage. It offers us a unique fresco of Algeria, where the past and the present intertwine to depict a history of the sensible, a multiple reality, and a collective future. —Les Ménines
Sevda: Mecburi Istikamet
Drama
Film Details
In the heart of Algeria, we follow three characters: - Nowadays with Boubekeur, a solitary and silent traveler wandering according to his encounters; - In 1996 and during the years of terror and counter-terrorism, with "The Blue," an archivist deciphering the mysteries of a trafficking operation orchestrated by a mysterious man named "S.K"; - Finally, with Seddik Kelkan, also known as "Saïd the Vanished" or the "Red," a timeless character struggling with inner ghosts and the archives that feed the various quests. Each step reveals fragments of memories, resistance, and daily life. A temporality formed by the harshest years where chimera and reality became one.
Mixing unpublished archives with intimate encounters in the tone of an investigation, the film takes us between reality and mirage. It offers us a unique fresco of Algeria, where the past and the present intertwine to depict a history of the sensible, a multiple reality, and a collective future. —Les Ménines.