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Wesh Wesh, by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche. France, 2002, 83 minutes
Screening formats available: 35 mm and DVD
Synopsis:
Kamel has returned to his parents' home in the Paris suburbs after an absence of seven years, having spent five of them in prison in France and two in his native Algeria, where he was deported. Kamel sets out to re-establish his life in France but finds he is impeded at every turn by his illegal status and by the French police who harass the Algerian youth. His siblings have taken different paths to escaping poverty; his sister has become a lawyer and lives with a Frenchman outside the housing projects while his brother has chosen a life of violence and drug-dealing. Kamel finds some solace with a French woman and with the younger children of the ghetto, who accompany him on his fishing trips in the woods. The consequences of his brother's criminal ways however come to a riveting climax that robs Kamel of any hope for a normal life.
Filmmaker’s Biography:
A long-time lover of cinema, Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche decided in 2001, armed with a small DV camcorder, to direct Wesh, Wesh, qu’est-ce qui se passe? with a few friends, a film on a sensitive subject: the difficult re-insertion into the working world of a former delinquent. The young director took as a frame for his story the Cité des Bosquets in Seine-Saint Denis, a place that he has known well since childhood. This first shot took the Léo Sheer prize urging its distribution at the International Festival of Film de Belfort in 2001. In 2005, he signed his second production, Bled number one, in which he plays a former prisoner expelled from his country of origin, Algeria, a country that he reveals through European eyes.
Credits:
Producer: Sarrazink Productions
Writers: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche and Madjid Benaroudj
Cinematography: Olivier Smittarello
Music: Assassin
Editor: Nicolas Bancilhon
Cast: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmèche, Ahmed Hammoudi, Brahim Ameur Zaïmeche, Farida Mouffok, Ali Mouffok, Serpentine Textier, Salim Ameur Zaïmeche, Mambi Keïta, Bastien Sion
Screening fee: Free
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