Héliopolis [dir. Djaffar Gacem] هيليوبوليس

  • Héliopolis [dir. Djaffar Gacem] [...]
Genre : Historical
Type : Fiction
Original title : Haliyubulis - هيليوبوليس
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2021
Format : Feature
Running time : 116 (in minutes)
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In Guelma, the day of May 8, 1945 is an event that changes the life of an Algerian family.

In region of Guelma, a small village called Heliopolis, the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8, 1945, the day the end of World War II was announced, demonstrations by the Algerian people against the French colonial power and for the country's independence took place, which were bloodily suppressed by the French army and French settler militias. The event went down in history as the Sétif and Guelma massacre.

starring
Mehdi Ramdani, Souhila Mallem, Cesar Duminil

a film by Djaffar GACEM

Algeria, 2021, Fiction, 1h56, Drama / History, color, 2.35 : 1

A Story inspired by Real Events



Original title: Héliopolis
Arabic title: Haliyubulis - هيليوبوليس
Country: Algeria
Genre: Drama / Historical
Language: Arabic
Runtime: 1 hr 56 min (116 min)
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Year of production : 2020
Release (Algeria): 20/05/2021

CAST (in credits order)
Souhila Mallem : Nedjma
Mehdi Ramdani : Mahfoud
Cesar Duminil : Claude Roland
Mourad Oudjit : Bachir
Jacques Serres : Marcel Lavie
Fodil Assoul (AKA Fodil Assooull) : Sadek
Alexis Rangheard : Gervais
Nacereddine Daoudi
Aziz Boukrouni : Si Mokdad
Mustapha Laribi : Ferhat Abbas

Producer: Djaffar Gacem

Director: Djaffar Gacem

Screenwriters : Salah Eddine Chihani (AKA Salah-Eddine Chihani), Kahina Mohamed Oussaid, Djaffar Gacem

Music: Armand Amar

Director of Photography: Uco Lopinto

Editor: Marie-Pierre Renaud

Production Design: Moncef Hakouna

Costumes: Jean Jacques Mirete

Second Assistant Director: Kenza Mehadji

Sound engineer: Moez Cheikh

Boom operator: Mohamed Ilyas Guetal

Sound effects editor: Alexandre Hernandez

Colorist (Digital color correction): Rémi Berge

Additional editor: Thibault Saksik

Music recording assistant: Jérémy Gaucher

Music editor: Louis Machto

PRODUCTION
Prod'Art Films
Centre algérien de développement du cinéma (CADC)

OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
www.facebook.com/FilmHELIOPOLIS/

Release Dates:
Algeria: 20 May 2021


2022 | 94th Oscars (USA)
* Film Representing Algeri

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