"Ayrouwen", which means "Once upon a time" in the Targui language, tells a love story between Amayas, a Targui, and Claude, a young teenage girl from a European city he met in the Great Desert of Djanet in Algeria. This passionate story will be disturbed by an old sorrow that comes from a first love story between Amayas and Mina. Breastfed from the same breast, therefore foster brother and sister, they could not get married...

A film by Brahim TSAKI

Algeria, 2007, Fiction, 1h30 mn, in Targui

starring Amine Idris Aidouni, Maud Myers, Boumediene Belasri and Mohamed Azizi…

TITLES:
- Ayrouwen
- Il était une fois
- أيرون
- Once upon a time

Country of production: Algeria
Type: Feature film, Fiction
Genre: Drama
Tags: Imazighen, Amazigh cultures, Love, Brotherhood

Director: Brahim Tsaki
Screenwriter: Brahim Tsaki
Production designer: Arezki Larbi
Location Manager: Yasser Nacereddine

CAST
Idriss Amine Aidouni (Amayas),
Yasmine El Masri (Mina),
Maud Myers (Claude)

Production: ENTV / MACHAHOU Production


SCREENINGS

2019 | Ciné-club "Allons voir un film" (association Project'heurts), Béjaïa (Algérie)
* As part of the celebration of the Amazigh New Year 2969
* Screenings: Saturday 12 January 2019, at 5PM, at Béjaïa, Cinémathèque, followed by Q&A with Arezki Larbi, Production Designer of the feature, and Yasser Nacereddine, Location Manager of that film. Plus, a (traditionnal) diner is offered to the guests and filmgoers.
www.facebook.com/events/la-cinémathèque-de-bejaia/projection-du-film-ayrouwen-de-brahim-tsaki/325256834866949/

2012 | "Zoom sur Brahim Tsaki" (Oran, Algeria)
* Screenings with Q&A: 5-9 February 2012 / Algerian Cinematheque, Oran

2012 | "Zoom sur Brahim Tsaki" (Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria)
* Screenings with Q&A: 5-9 January 2012 / Algerian Cinematheque, Sidi Bel Abbès

2011 | "Zoom sur Brahim Tsaki", Algiers (Algeria)
* Screenings with Q&A: 26-30 December 2011 / Algerian Cinematheque, Algiers (26, rue Larbi Ben M'Hidi), everyday, at 5:30 PM, with film director in attendance

2009 | Maghreb des films (Paris)
* Selection
www.maghrebdesfilms.fr/ayrouwen.html