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Cinema Film Detail:

Off the Beaten Tracks

(Chemin de traverse), by Malika Tenfiche. France, 2000, 22 min, 35mm

Tinker Auditorium, French Institute/Alliance Française 55 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022

Forced to accompany her Algerian mother to the country for her health, a young assimilated Frenchwoman tries to reestablish a dialogue that has long since disappeared. When the daughter massages the older woman’s body, physical intimacy transcends cultural distance.

Followed by: Voisins Voisines, by Malik Chibane. France, 2005, 90 min, 35mm

Sunday, Nov 11, 6:00 P.M.

Filmmaker's Biography

Malika Tenfiche was born in 1966 in Paris. Since earning a graduate degree in modern letters, she has worked as a production assistant on several short films. Off the Beaten Tracks is her first film.

Credits

Cast: Radhija Chekkor, Christelle Hervé, Saïda Jawad
Writers: Malika Tenfiche, Steven Pravong
Producer: Thierry Lenouvel
Cinematographers: Phillippe Bovar
Editor: Véronique Rosa
Sound: Cédric Pinar
Music: Kassia, Robert Mouyren


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