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11/10/2007, 09:00PM - 11:15PM

FILM: City Cinematheque: Living in Paradise

Running Time: 1:30

The best in world cinema is showcased in this regular series. Each film is followed by lively discussion with scholars, film professionals or critics.

Hosted by Professor Jerry Carlson and co-produced with the Department of Media and Communication Arts of The City College, CUNY.

(1998/Algeria, 105 min., color, drama, in French and Arabic with English subtitles) Dir.: Bourlem Guerdjou. Cast: Roschdy Zem, Fadila Belkebla, Omar Bekhaled, Farida Rahouadj. An Algerian immigrant living in France during the Algerian War brings his wife and children to join him, but as he grows more “French” in his attitudes and lifestyle, his wife becomes more political and joins a movement to resist French oppression of North Africans.

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