EL GUSTO
Synopsis: A rhythmic cocktail of Andalusian, Berber, Arabic, and Flamenco traditions, chaabi music was the heart and soul of cosmopolitan Algiers in the 1940s. When the war of independence tore apart the peaceful Muslim and Jewish communities that came together to play this joyful, sometimes scandalous music, its greatest practitioners were flung back to France or scattered across an austere and increasingly authoritative Algeria.
Fast-forward to 2003, when filmmaker Safinez Bousbia discovered some old photographs of a music class from the '40s in an antique shop in Algiers. Inspired, she spent the next several years tracking down a group of friends kept apart for five decades to stage an extraordinary reunion concert.
Duration: 90min
Country: Ireland
Wednesday 3 October, 1:00pm at City Stars Cinema, Omar Ibn El-Khattab Street, Nasr City
ICEBERG
Synopsis: Three quiet stories about adolescence that come together in a winter river as it passes through a small town.
Duration: 84 min
Country: Spain
Wednesday 3 October, 6:30 pm at City Stars Cinema, Omar Ibn El-Khattab Street, Nasr City
Data provided by the Misr International Films - Youssef Chahine
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