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From Hollywood to Tamanrasset (1990)

Directed by Mahmoud Zemmouri

Overview

On the outskirts of Algiers, Algeria. the arrival of the satellite dishes governs the lives of the inhabitants. Dissatisfied with their lives, they think of themselves as the heroes of American soap opera and movies, so JR, Sue Ellen, Rambo, Kojak, Spock and others take possession of bodies and minds, with many typical American culture elements. These heroes mix in a beautiful funny mess, with tradition and modernism, Islam and television, reality and fiction.

Length 90 minutes

Actors

Mustapha El Anka | Ouardia Hamtouche | Saïd Hilmi | Mohamed Fellag | Yahia Benmabrouk | Mahmoud Zemmouri | Aziz Degga | Larbi Zekkal | Fawzi B. Saichi | Areski Nebti | Mostefa Zerguine | Evelyne Haroche | Norbert Letheule | Faouzi Saichi | Driss Jahoui | Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane