17 Rue Bleue
Chad Chenouga
In 1967, Adda, who fled Algeria, lives with her sister and her two children at 17 rue Bleue. When her employer dies, a man with whom she was having an affair, she finds herself taken to court by his ex-wife. Years pass and the family falls apart. Bit by bit, Adda loses control...
With : Lysiane Meis, Abdel Halis, Aimen Ben Hamed, Nassim Sakhoui, Sofiane Abramovitz, Isabelle Nanty
Screenplay : Chad Chenouga, Philippe Donzelot
Image : Eric Guichard
Editing : Marie-France Cuenot, Khadicha Bariha
Music : Ahmet Gülbay, Chad Chenouga
Screenplay : Chad Chenouga, Philippe Donzelot
Image : Eric Guichard
Editing : Marie-France Cuenot, Khadicha Bariha
Music : Ahmet Gülbay, Chad Chenouga
Production : Quo Vadis Cinéma
Distribution: Rezo Films
Distribution: Rezo Films
In 17 rue Bleue, Chad Chenouga retraces his painful past, a past shared by his mother and brother, illegal immigrants in France since the Algerian Revolution. "Everything in real life happened more violently. At first, I wanted to write a novel. Maybe I would have gone further had I wrote it. But the image is so powerful that toning down the film compared to reality was a constant effort, during the writing of the script, filming with the actors, in the editing room, in the choice of music... At every moment, we asked ourselves where we were going. What interested me was the descent into hell without being complaisant about its darkness" (C. Chenouga).