En attendant les hirondelles

Spoken: Arabic. Subtitles: Dutch.

Algeria today. Three stories, three generations. Mourad has become a wealthy and important businessman. He tries to avoid any problems in his life, in which the priorities are, in his view, his work, his wife and his son. Aïcha wants to put the past behind her and devote herself to a new life as a married woman. Accompanied by her father and a neighbor, she sets out on a journey to her new family on the other side of the country. Dahman, an ambitious neurologist, hopes to start a new chapter in his life. All three will have to face the consequences of a choice made in the recent past. Three stories that immerse us in the soul of the contemporary Arab society.

23 March 2019, 20.00, De Centrale, Kraankindersstraat 2, 9000 Gent. More info.