Roma Wa La N'Touma


1h 51m 2008

Brief Synopsis

Zina and Kame, promising and resourceful young people, find themselves disillusioned by Algeria's ongoing civil war and decide to seek a future elsewhere. They search the city of Algiers and its suburbs for a certain Bosco, an elusive smuggler who, it is said, can provide them with fake passports.

Film Details

Also Known As
Rome Rather Than You
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Political
War
Release Date
2008

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 51m

Synopsis

Zina and Kame, promising and resourceful young people, find themselves disillusioned by Algeria's ongoing civil war and decide to seek a future elsewhere. They search the city of Algiers and its suburbs for a certain Bosco, an elusive smuggler who, it is said, can provide them with fake passports.

Film Details

Also Known As
Rome Rather Than You
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Political
War
Release Date
2008

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 51m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in France April 16, 2008

Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 21-April 1, 2007.

Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 26-May 10, 2007.

Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Horizons) August 30-September 9, 2006.

c Kinescopage Swisseffects, Schwarz Films prints

DTS

dialogue Arabic and French

Released in France April 16, 2008