The Empire of Dreams

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The Empire of Dreams (1982)

Directed by Jean-Pierre Lledo

Drama, Comedy · 2h 05m

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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Cast

Crew

Director
Jean-Pierre Lledo
Writer
Jean-Pierre Lledo
Director of Photography
Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina
Editor
Kahéna Attia

Details

Original title
أحلام (Ahlam)
Release date
1982-06-05
Runtime
2h 05m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic, French
Countries
Algeria
Production
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)