Cinema Film Detail:
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Dounia, by Zaida Ghorab-Volta. France, 1997, 17 minutes 
Screening formats available: Beta SP PAL and DVD
Synopsis:
Dounia is the 20-year-old daughter of an Algerian couple living in France. One morning after her night shift at the hospital, she finds her father waiting at home for her. He is drunk and forbids her to go back to work, but Dounia refuses to give in...
Filmmaker’s Biography:
Born in 1966, Zaida Ghorab-Volta graduated with a degree in film studies from the Université Paris VII in 1986 and has built a rich career working as an actor, writer and director in film and theater. She wrote and directed the short fiction film Souviens-toi de moi in 1996 and co-directed Le Manège du métro Saint-Paul with Gilles Volta in 1997. She has acted in many films, including Romain Goupil’s Sa vie à elle (1996) and André Téchiné’s Les Innocents. She directed three films in 1997—Dounia, Chantal and On s’aime, on se donne la main—and her first feature, Laisse un peu d’amour, in 1998, Followed by: Never Been to London (1999), Vattelot-sur-Mer (1999), Jeunesse dorée (2001), Nationale 1 (co-directed with Eve Heinrich, 2002) and Marie et le loup (2003).
Credits:
Cast: Zaida Ghorab-Volta, Zahra Benaissa, Cherif Cherfi
Writer: Zaida Ghorab-Volta
Producer: Nathalie Mesuret
Cinematographers: Emmanuelle le Fur, Hélène Louvart
Editor: Hélène Aubert
Sound: André Rigaut
Screening fee: $100
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