FRONT ROW Trailer – 2025 New African Film Festival

Описание: In his 19th feature film, prolific Algerian movie maestro Merzak Allouache (DIVINE WIND, MADAME COURAGE, THE REPENTANT) opts for an upbeat, chaotic family dramedy about feuding matriarchs behaving badly at the beach. Up bright and early, Zohra Bouderbala (Fatiha Ouared) and her five children head to the beach. In Algiers, the coveted front row spot waits for no one, but it is not this family’s first time having to beat the summer seaside crowds. With their site secured, and their watermelons buried, relaxation is a near promise. That is, until Hakim (Nabil Asli), the uptight beach attendant, dares to place the late-arriving Kadouri family right in front of the Bouderbalas. This absolute declaration of war sends Zohra and her nemesis, Safia Kadouri (Bouchra Roy), into a passive-aggressive tailspin. Meanwhile, right under their noses, the schemes of star-crossed teenagers will test the waters of emerging autonomy. FRONT ROW celebrates Allouache’s adept imagination for eclectic characters in a heartwarming overture to the quirks and quandaries of shoreline social life. (Note adapted from TIFF.) Official Selection, 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. DIR/SCR/PROD Merzak Allouache. Algeria/Saudi Arabia/France, 2024, color, 86 min. In Arabic with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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