LEUR ALGÉRIE

CINEMANIA’s opinion:
Lina Soualem aims her camera with sensitivity at her grandparents Aicha and Mabrouk,
Algerian immigrants who have spent their adult life in France. In filming their recent separation, Soualem quickly realizes that another tale seeks to be told, that of the still painful scars left on a generation of exiles by the French colonization. This is an opportunity for the young documentary filmmaker to question herself on her identity and to go back over the history of her family, while at the same time offering us a portrait full of love for her grandmother Aicha, an exceptional woman whose laughter sometimes mixed with tears succeeds in telling it all about a rather complex experience.