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I Still Hide to Smoke 2016
This was so unbelievably powerful, I had shivers all over and basically had to take myself out of it to make the shivers stop. The ending was so unexpected, sad, unjust, but in a way it was the climax that relieved all of the tension built throughout the film. Just like life. It makes me want to read more about what happened exactly during the dark decade of Algeria.
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A Simple Favor 2018
This shit kept escalating quicker than Emily's clothes escalated back to the dressing room
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L'Oranais 2014
I liked this film and the subjects it discussed even though not much algerians liked it (and I say this in skepticism bcz statistically I think that not much Algerians have seen it either). I thought Djaffar's kid (that is not his kid) symbolized something Algeria suffered and still suffers from, which is the leftovers of the French culture that stuck deeply to our identity and essence بشكلٍ لا فكاك منه. He was in Djaffar's face all the time, he…
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Yuni 2021
"Time is transient. We are eternal. Plucking seconds, one by one, arranging them like flowers, until one day we forget what for."
It's been a while since I've seen a film this powerful all while being somewhat simple. The beginning was light, fresh and got me anticipating, the ending got me literally shaking.
What I loved about this film, is that it addresses serious problems and sensitive matters in Indonesian society, like rape, extramarital sex among teenagers, underage pregnancy and…Translated from by
