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Youssef: The Legend of the Seventh Sleeper

9 average rating
★★★★★
9
Arabic / 105 MIN. / 1994

The Genres

The Synopsis

In Algeria, Youcef escapes from a psychiatric asylum located at the edge of the desert. He was a fighter and, years later, he still believes himself to be a prisoner of the French army. He rejoins what he thinks is his resistance group. He finds the bones of his comrades, buries them, and promises himself that he will visit their families, one after the other, to honor their memory. He goes underground and makes quick forays into the villages. He is struck by what he sees there. Young people queuing for bread, former FLN leaders living in the villas of the colonists, and farm workers mistreated by their Algerian foremen. As for the women, although they played a decisive role in the liberation of the country, they are now cloistered or forced to go out in public wearing masks. When he is discovered by the authorities, Youcef cannot believe that thirty years have passed. This nuisance must be eliminated...

The Cast

Mohamed Ali AllalouYoucef BenadoudaM'hamed BenguettafAzzedine MedjoubiSelma ShirazDalila Helilou

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