MADAME COURAGE

By Merzak ALLOAUCHE

NEON PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2015


Festivals
& Awards

BFI London FF 2015
Dare
Stockholm IFF 2015
Open Zone
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2015
Panorama
Venice - Biennale 2015
Orizzonti
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • ALGERIA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 89 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Merzak ALLOAUCHE
    • Writer(s)
    • Merzak ALLOUACHE
    • Producer(s)
    • Merzak ALLOUACHE (Baya Films), Antonin DEDET (Neon Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • Omar, an unstable and lonely teenager, lives in a slum in the suburbs of Mostaganem, Algeria. He is addicted to a famous psychotropic, nicknamed « Madame Courage » : Artane tablets, very popular among young Algerians for their euphoric effect of invincibility. Omar is an expert thief. One morning, he goes downtown to commit his usual crimes. His first prey is a young girl called Selma, walking with her friends, prominently wearing a gold necklace. As he commits his larceny, their eyes meet.