Abdelkrim Baba-Aissa

En 2024, Abdelkrim Baba Aissa, 75 años, realiza una serie de entrevistas filmadas con la periodista argelina Thoria Smati. Abordan la cronología de la carrera rica y comprometida de este actor, director, productor y guionista argelino autodidacta, que debutó en la televisión argelina como asistente de dirección y luego en la ONCIC como director en los años 1990. 70.

A watershed film, Omar Gatlato held a mirror up to Algerian male culture and the mirror cracked. The title refers to the expression "gatlato al-rujula," or, roughly, "machismo killed him" and the film's mordant insights into male posturing and alienation in Algerian society animate this bit of folk wisdom. In mock documentary style, a young man recounts with wry commentary a typical day in his life in the Bab el-Oued quarter of Algiers, while the camera playfully shows a different story. In following Omar and his friends in their pursuit of happiness, the film examines with shrewd humor the gang values of urban youth; their passion for popular culture (soccer, "Hindoo" movies, Rai concerts), their hidden fear of women, and their social insecurity in an environment where they are marginalized.