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Two travelers, Boualem and Sekfali, cross the hostile and endless desert. Boualem pulls a cart on which old books, pictures, relics and memories of Sekfali are piled up. Two men, two attitudes towards life, two visions of the world. Where do they come from, where are they going? The journey would be completely calm and happy if each of them were not inhabited by their pasts, determining their different visions of the future. Boualem's childhood was marked by the Algerian war of liberation. His dream is to achieve a socialist society, which is for him the only path to salvation. Sekfali, who tries to dissuade Boualem from continuing the journey, has the attitude of an aristocrat. For him, socialism is a heresy and people do not like responsibility, they only act if a leader gives them the injunction.
In the streets of the Casbah of Algiers, an FLN fighter pursued by the colonial police hands over confidential documents to Mourad, an Algerian child shouting newspapers who must at all costs pass them on to the resistance. But the police are on their trail and will do anything to get them back.
Inspector Tahar decides to take a much-needed holiday in a seaside resort. However, he quickly finds himself entangled in a series of comedic mishaps and misunderstandings. From suspected adultery to running out of gas, Tahar's holiday turns into a chaotic adventure. With his witty charm and determination, he navigates through cross-dressing, stolen cars, and magic shows. As he tries to enjoy his vacation, he also finds himself caught up in the local blockbuster of the resort. This light-hearted movie showcases the humorous side of life in Tunisia and the Maghreb region of Algeria.
Zine and Rayanne plan to flee to a dreamland, a fantasy haven on the north shore of the Mediterranean. The crossing is commonly made in fishing boats and other small craft; hundreds of harragas die each year. Zine embarks for Spain with a group of others, while Rayyane decides to stay back to raise more money for the crossing - which involves tricking his uncle into lending him money under the pretense of running a local business. But, like so many other working poor around the world, Rayanne refuses to weigh the danger against the prospect of a better world.
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Moussa Haddad
Moussa Haddad (in Arabic: موسى حداد), born in 1937 in Algiers and died on September 17, 2019 in the same city, is an Algerian film director, screenwriter and producer. Moussa Haddad made his television debut at RTF. He was then assistant director to Italian director Gilo Pontecorvo on the film The Battle of Algiers released in 1966, and The Stranger by Luchino Visconti (1966), two films produced or co-produced by Casbah Films, the company created by Yacef Saâdi. He was also Enzo Peri's assistant on the film Three Pistols Against Caesar. In 1967, he joined Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne (RTA) and shot L'Inspecteur Mène L'Enquête (1967), already starring the character of L'inspecteur Tahar, Une cigarette pour Ali (1968), La Guerre des jeunes (1969), El Fidayoun (1971) and Sous le peuplier (Min Qurb As-Safsaf, 1972). This last film, about the difficulties of a peasant who wants to dig his own well, is Moussa Haddad's only known foray into rural Algeria, against the backdrop of the campaign for agrarian reform. He has also made numerous documentaries for the small screen and filmed the Jacques Brel concert in Zeralda. He is also considered the precursor of the hidden camera on Algerian television. He will direct and produce the first Algerian video clip, for a song by Boualem Chaker. Moussa Haddad's fame would spread beyond Algeria with the success of the film Inspector Tahar's Holiday (1972), which became a cult classic. Produced by the ONCIC for the big screen, the film starring Hadj Abderrahmane and Yahia Benmabrouk drew crowds and remains one of the biggest commercial successes in Algerian cinema. Away from the spotlight since Made In in 1998, the director returned behind the camera with Harraga Blues, a social drama about illegal immigration7. The film, presented in competition at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2012, tells the story of two friends, Zine and Rayane, who dream of reaching Spain in harragas (border burners), encounter difficulties before Zola's love for Zine finally decides otherwise. Harraga Blues would win the prize for best screenplay at the first Saïdia Film Festival. His film, Les Vacances de l'inspecteur Tahar is part of a set of 15 films digitized in 2016, including public successes from the 1970s such as Hassan Terro by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina or Omar Gatlato by Merzak Allouache. An influential filmmaker in Algerian and Arab cinema, Moussa Haddad died in Algiers on September 17, 2019.
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