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Until the Birds Return

En attendant les hirondelles

2017

Karim Moussaoui

Aure Atika, Hania Amar, Mohamed Djouhri, Sonia Mekkiou ...

6.0

82

Drama Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment and an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings.

	Author	Review
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"An intriguingly crafted look at contemporary Algeria (...) While some parts are stronger than others, through its twists and turns 'Bird' gradually builds into a tender portrait of a place, and a people"	POS
United States	Devika Girish The New York Times	"As its characters traverse the country’s crisscrossing motorways, 'Until the Birds Return”' locates the singular moments that form the nodes of a shared national history."	POS
United States	Kyle Kohner The Playlist	"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"	NEG
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"It’s heartening to see such delicate stories of ordinary people come to the fore in a country whose filmmakers faces enormous hurdles"	POS
United States	Oktay Ege Kozak Paste Magazine	"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."	POS

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