2020
Not Rated
1091 Pictures
1 h 53 m

2020
Not Rated
1091 Pictures
1 h 53 m

Summary Three stories set in today's Algeria. In Algiers, Mourad, a property developer is wealthy and more or less satisfied with his lot but he does not know how to make happy those close to him; Lila, his confused ex-wife; Rash, his frustrated second wife; Nacim, his disenchanted son. Djabil, Mourad's chauffeur, has accepted to drive Aicha and...

Drama

Directed By: Karim Moussaoui

Written By: Maud Ameline, Karim Moussaoui

2020
Not Rated
1091 Pictures
1 h 53 m

2020
Not Rated
1091 Pictures
1 h 53 m

Until the Birds Return

Name: Until the Birds Return
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020-04-28
Duration: 1 min 53 s
Rating: 61
Cast: Mohamed Djouhri, Hania Amar, Hassan Kechache, Mehdi Ramdani, Nadia Kaci

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Karim Moussaoui

Written By: Maud Ameline, Karim Moussaoui

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

60% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

60% Positive
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20% Mixed
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The New York Times

Apr 30, 2020

Although each chapter is built around an event — a tryst or a revelation — the film comes to life in quiet, conversational details that capture the textures of people’s lives across different generations and classes.

By Devika Girish FULL REVIEW

Paste Magazine

Apr 2, 2020

Over all, the profound performances, the even-lit digital cinematography that gives the film a docudrama feel, and Moussaoi’s impressive voice as a first-time feature helmer turns Until the Birds Return into an engaging work on the universality of human nature.

By Oktay Ege Kozak FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

May 6, 2018

Moussaoui captures the drama with a simple style that can seem a bit lackluster at times, although he makes good use of the Algerian locations and coaxes compelling performances from his cast. In the end, his narrative's three-pronged structure is perhaps the film's strongest asset.

By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW

Screen Daily

May 6, 2018

There’s an observational authenticity that is refreshing in an audiovisual culture whose attempts at self-analysis are too often skewed by melodrama. It’s also heartening to see such delicate stories of ordinary people come to the fore in a country whose filmmakers faces enormous hurdles; technical, financial and bureaucratic.

By Lee Marshall FULL REVIEW

The Playlist

May 6, 2018

Moussaoui’s underwhelming use of fractured storytelling technique not only dilutes any organic narrative development, but he completely jeopardizes the impactful nature of the film’s potentially poignant message: how we as humans are in one way or another connected to each other.

By Kyle Kohner FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films Pelléas, NiKo Film, Prolégomènes, Arte France Cinéma, MK2 Films, Centre Algérien de Développement du Cinéma (CADC), L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Aide à la Coproduction Franco-Allemande, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Institut Français, ARTE, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, Ministère de la Culture, Schleswig-Holstein Film Commission, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Nordmedia, The Berlinale World Cinema Fund, The Federal Foreign Office, Goethe-Institut, Doha Film Institute, AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Eurimages, Atelier Sud Ecriture, Ateliers d'Angers, Les, Bourse d'aide au Développement, Cinéfondation, Cinémed, Locarno Open Doors, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Release Date Apr 28, 2020

Duration 1 h 53 m

Rating Not Rated

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Website https://www.advitamdistribution.com/films/en-attendant-les-hirondelles/

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Awards

Gijón International Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

Lumiere Awards, France

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Cannes Film Festival

• 2 Nominations

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Mohamed Djouhri

Mourad

Hania Amar

Aïcha

Hassan Kechache

Dahman

Mehdi Ramdani

Djalil

Nadia Kaci

La femme

Sonia Mekkiou

Lila

Chawki Amari

Tayeb

Lamri Kaouane

Kamel

Aure Atika

Rasha - la maîtresse de Mourad

Abdelaziz Zeghbib

Le marchand

Zineddine Hamdouche

Nacim

Saadia Gacem

Nadjla

Hamid Ben Si Amor

Sadek

Samir El Hakim

Le frère de la femme

Mohamed Lamine

L'enfant de la femme

Toufik Mezaache

Le directeur

Aziz Boukrouni

Akli

Sensabyl Beghdadi

Brahim

Imene Amani

Lamia

Abdelmadjid Kellou

Le serveur du bar

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