Touchia, Song of the Women of Algiers

Touchia, Cantique des Femmes d'Alger

Overview

In the streets of Algiers, the fundamentalist fervor of the Black Decade is growing. Fella, a 40-year-old Algerian woman, is about to go out to participate in a television program and be interviewed. But doubt, fear, and pain make her hesitate. Is this the moment to speak out as a woman, to remember the past, to recount the dream, the utopia, and the reality after independence?

Production

Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), Les Films Singuliers, Entreprise Nationale de Production Audiovisuelle (ENPA)