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MONTRÉAL LA BLANCHE
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February 22, 2016 | 20 H 30
Amokrane is a taxi driver, working one Christmas night. After losing her car, Kahina gets into his cab. She’s in a hurry to meet her daughter, who’s at her estranged husband’s house. But they don’t get there in time. Amokrane soon realizes his passenger is a former Algerian pop star who he thought had died. So begins a strange night of wandering and confrontation. Withthisfirstfictionalfeature, adaptedfromhisownplay, Bachir Bensaddekhasmadeacaptivating film, a portrait of Montreal’s Muslim community in all its diversity, depth and complexity. Tender and lucid, Montréal la blanche asks frank, important questions about identity and integration, while introducing two engaging actors: Rabah Aït Ouyahia and Karina Aktouf.