The Blond Boy from the Casbah
Sunday, July 20, 6:45pm; Dryden Theatre
Narrative | 2024 | 128 min. | French (w/subtitles) | France
Director: Alexandre Arcady
Returning to his native Algeria with his young son, Jewish filmmaker Alexandre Arcady remembers his happy childhood, surrounded by a loving family and Muslim, Christian, and Jewish friends. Too young to understand the brewing Algerian civil war that eventually forces his family to emigrate, he prefers to sit spellbound in darkness at the local movie theater, where he discovers the passion for film that will shape his future. Alternately tense, tear-jerking, and hilarious, The Blond Boy from the Casbah also offers important insight into a group of Sephardic Jews not often seen on screen.
Mature content.
Underwritten by
The Rubens Family Foundation
