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Abou Leila

2019

Amin Sidi-Boumédiène

Slimane Benouari, Lyès Salem, Azouz Abdelkader, Fouad Megiraga ...

6.2

366

Drama. Thriller Algeria, 1994. S. and Lotfi, two childhood friends, cross the desert in search of Abu Leila, a dangerous terrorist.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Sarah Ward Screendaily	"A patient, pensive and often surrealist view on violence’s lingering influence (...) [It] leaves a firm imprint."	POS
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"It would be wrong however to dismiss [it] as all form and no substance (...) Yet taken as a whole, the overlong movie fails to come together, too invested in generating a claustrophobic atmosphere, even in the open desert"	NEU
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"An intriguing debut for art house aficionados (...) His De Palma-esque opening sequence (...) alone is proof of an impressive mastery of cinematic language"	POS
	Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa	"Boumédiène doesn’t care for the facts of war, and instead has made a psychological drama about the effects of violence on society. It’s hugely impressive."	POS

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