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J'ai habité l'absence deux
J'ai habité l'absence deux

J'AI HABITÉ L'ABSENCE DEUX

Directed by Drifa Mezenner
Algeria, 2011
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

Drifa Mezenner films the weight of the absence of his brother Sofiane, who illegally left Algeria for England in 1992. He recounts Algeria, a stagnant present and a past that is forcefully removed, under the illusion of thus being able to move forward, instead exposing to the risk of making the same

Synopsis

Drifa Mezenner films the weight of the absence of his brother Sofiane, who illegally left Algeria for England in 1992. He recounts Algeria, a stagnant present and a past that is forcefully removed, under the illusion of thus being able to move forward, instead exposing to the risk of making the same