BAB EL-OUED CITY

Merzak ALLOUACHE - 1994 – 1H33 – All audience
Algiers, 1989. The working class neighborhood Bab el-Oued is still in shock after the bloody riots of October 1988. At night, young Boualem works in a bakery. By day, the amplified call to pray disturbs his sleep. In a fit of anger, he tears down the loudspeaker on his...

BALLROOM

Xavier BRILLAT Pierre TRIVIDIC Patrick Mario BERNARD - 2003 – 1H33 – Not recommended for audience under 12
Rene is an artist. His studio is set up in a disused dance hall and he lives on the premises with his boyfriend. Life swims along nicely, only he seems to be "coming down with something" - such is the expression used. It's not that he feels sick exactly, more that he is...

BAMAKO

Abderrahmane SISSAKO - 2006 – 1H58 – All audience
In BAMAKO (2006 Cannes Official Selection), director Abderrahmane Sissako (Life on Earth, Waiting for Happiness) mixes intimist drama and political fiction. Caught up in the vice of debt and structural adjustment, the African continent struggles for its very survival. Faced...

BUFFALO BOY

Nghiêm-Minh NGUYEN-VO - 2004 – 1H39 – All audience
Indochina, 1940, under French occupation. Kim, aged 15, has the job of taking his two buffaloes far away from the flooded lands of the South. These buffaloes are the family's only source of income and must arrive safely in the Ba Thé mountains. This dangerous journey across...