Cuticle Looks Swollen

The Way The Wind

Director and writer: Slim Riad

Dialogues: Djamel Moknachi

Cameraman: Rachid MERABTINE

Interpretation: Agoumi, Hamdi Benguettag, Mazuz Ourais ...

ONCIC Production Year 1968. Black and white. 35mm. 1:45.

Young Cinema Award at the International Festival of Tashkent 1968.

The film tells the story of a group of inmates in a camp hosting. This feature debut from Slim Riad, a former director Television is quite clumsy. This is the first filmproduit by the national film production since its reorganization and installation of its new leaders. Having chosen a director of television, an elder, while young professionals coming filmmakers schools and are reduced to small films, is this a sign of a lack of confidence and lack of immagination? The few years that followed unfortunately we can meet here that these two things.

In "Omar Gatlato Meanwhile, looks on Algerian cinema " of Wassyla Tamzali. Editions EN.AP 1979.