Keltoum's Daughter - Bent Keltoum details
| Format: | 12 DVD |
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| Starring: | Baya Belal, Fatima Ben Saïdane, Cylia Malki, Deborah Lamy, Jean-Roger Milo |
| Director: | Mehdi Charef |
| Genres: | Drama - General, World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | CINEFILE |
| Name | Discs | |
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Keltoum's Daughter - Bent Keltoum |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 46 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 31 Oct 2005 |
| Main languages: | French, Arab |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Brilliant and deeply moving
By Mark Lilly from Neath , 21 May 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
This is certainly one of the best films I have ever watched. Set against the gaunt backdrop of the remorseless and arid Algerian desert, the film presents us with a small cast of principal characters acting out a drama embodying some of the most basic human emotions, and shown here at their most raw: revenge, hatred, cruelty, intolerance, solidarity, family bonding, and disinterested heroic love.
The raw simplicity of this work reminds us forcefully of a Greek tragedy: as in the latter, there are moments of catharsis and tragic irony, and an almost unbearable poignant beauty in the telling. This film is a magnificent tour de force; a work informed by a passionate commitment.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer from Hampton , 06 Jan 2010A good movie its a bit slow but gets going.
Not set in Algeria as stated.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Brilliant and deeply moving
By Mark Lilly from Neath , 21 May 2007This is certainly one of the best films I have ever watched. Set against the gaunt backdrop of the remorseless and arid Algerian desert, the film presents us with a small cast of principal characters acting out a drama embodying some of the most basic human emotions, and shown here at their most raw: revenge, hatred, cruelty, intolerance, solidarity, family bonding, and disinterested heroic love.
The raw simplicity of this work reminds us forcefully of a Greek tragedy: as in the latter, there are moments of catharsis and tragic irony, and an almost unbearable poignant beauty in the telling. This film is a magnificent tour de force; a work informed by a passionate commitment.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Haunting
By jan ozay from scotland , 09 Nov 2006I loved this film. I have been to places not too unlike those depicted in this film , but not in Algeria. This was my first Algerian film and I want more !
If you are a fan of arthouse films and have an interest in other cultures .. its a must.- Was this review helpful to you?
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An eloquent take on North African life - and a very interesting plot.
By Alexander Gener from Blackheath, London. , 27 Dec 2005A superb take on the trials and tribulations of a European adoptee who travels to an arid mountainous village to meet the Algerian family who abandoned her.
This is compulsory viewing for anybody with a real appreciation for niche arthouse films, or with an interest in North African society. It eloquently portrays Islamic society in Algeria, along with its draconian views of gender equality.
This film is very similar in vein to 'A Time for Drunken Horses' and really quite bizarre; if the story wasn't so gut-wrenchingly realistic and convincing, it'd probably seem a bit ridiculous. Before watching it, I wouldn’t even have come near to comprehending the fact that people live in such a way as portrayed by this film.
I found the beginning of Keltoum's Daughter just a little bit tedious, however the culmination has quite an amazing twist which makes this film quite unique and amazing in its own way. Like many Canal-plus arthouse productions, you have to put a bit of effort into watching it, but it really is well worth it though.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Bent Keltoum
By theo akpareva from London England , 27 Dec 2005desparation, borne of poverty and isolation leads one woman to make a choice between keeping her people from dying of thirst, and preserving the life of an innocent child.
Haunting, politcal and complicated. It really takes you by surprise, and wakes you up to the harsh realities some of us have to contend with.
A must see for any one who's into nitty gritty, life is not all haha, hehe kinda of drama.
A great addition to the world cinema collection.- Was this review helpful to you?
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