The Empire of Dreams
Film19822h 5m
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- Director
- Jean-Pierre Lledo
- Language
- Arabic
- Released
- 1982-06-05
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
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A stubborn director who wants to rediscover the Algiers of his childhood comes up against the “Hollywood” fantasies of his characters, non-professionals all hoping to be able to become “someone else”, at least for the duration of a film… Mise en abyme for a journey into megalomania…
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