Until the Birds Return

Name: Until the Birds Return
Genre: Drama
Released: April 28, 2020
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Abdelaziz Zeghbib, Aure Atika, Chawki Amari, Hania Amar, Hassan Kachach

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Ad Vitam Distribution | Release Date (Streaming): April 28, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Abdelaziz Zeghbib, Aure Atika, Chawki Amari, Hania Amar, Hassan Kachach, Hassan Kechache, Lamri Kaouane, Mehdi Ramdani, Mohamed Djouhri, Nadia Kaci, Sonia Mekkiou

Summary: Three stories set in today's Algeria. In Algiers, Mourad, a property developer is wealthy and more or less satisfied with his lot but he does not know how to make happy those close to him; Lila, his confused ex-wife; Rash, his frustrated second wife; Nacim, his disenchanted son. Djabil, Mourad's chauffeur, has accepted to drive Aicha andThree stories set in today's Algeria. In Algiers, Mourad, a property developer is wealthy and more or less satisfied with his lot but he does not know how to make happy those close to him; Lila, his confused ex-wife; Rash, his frustrated second wife; Nacim, his disenchanted son. Djabil, Mourad's chauffeur, has accepted to drive Aicha and his father from Algiers to Biskra where the young woman is to be married civilly. Now, Djabil happens to be Aicha's lover. In Sétif, Dahman, a neurologist, hopes to marry Radia at last. But the promotion he expects seems to be put off forever. He is in double trouble when a woman accuses him of serious wrongdoing.… Expand

Director: Karim Moussaoui

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 113 min

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Devika Girish

Apr 30, 2020

Although each chapter is built around an event — a tryst or a revelation — the film comes to life in quiet, conversational details that capture the textures of people’s lives across different generations and classes. Read full review

Oktay Ege Kozak

Apr 2, 2020

Over all, the profound performances, the even-lit digital cinematography that gives the film a docudrama feel, and Moussaoi’s impressive voice as a first-time feature helmer turns Until the Birds Return into an engaging work on the universality of human nature. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

May 6, 2018

Moussaoui captures the drama with a simple style that can seem a bit lackluster at times, although he makes good use of the Algerian locations and coaxes compelling performances from his cast. In the end, his narrative's three-pronged structure is perhaps the film's strongest asset. Read full review

Lee Marshall

May 6, 2018

There’s an observational authenticity that is refreshing in an audiovisual culture whose attempts at self-analysis are too often skewed by melodrama. It’s also heartening to see such delicate stories of ordinary people come to the fore in a country whose filmmakers faces enormous hurdles; technical, financial and bureaucratic. Read full review

The Playlist Kyle Kohner

May 6, 2018

Moussaoui’s underwhelming use of fractured storytelling technique not only dilutes any organic narrative development, but he completely jeopardizes the impactful nature of the film’s potentially poignant message: how we as humans are in one way or another connected to each other. Read full review

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