Lumières (1989)
• January 1st, 1989 • 1h 50min
Comedy, Drama
Overview
Long quest for a director specializing in commissioned films, who after a depression rediscovers his loved ones, his Casbah district, himself. Taken in hand, for a while, by his Islamist neighbor, it is above all the meeting with an old projectionist giving him a censored history of cinema and Algeria, which helps him to change, and to accept his own fantasies, embodied by Marilyn Monroe and the Andalusian.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Plainclothes
Released on: 2025-09-19
Drama, Romance, Crime, Thriller
In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. H...
Aprile
Released on: 1998-03-27
Comedy
Nanni Moretti takes another look at the ebbs and flows of life in April 1996, as he becomes a father...
Dark Night, October 17, 1961
Released on: 2005-06-07
TV Movie, Drama, History
Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s re...
Phenomena
Released on: 2023-04-14
Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Madrid, Spain, 1998. The many resources and skills of Gloria, Paz and Sagrario, three middle-aged wo...
Modern Vampires
Released on: 1998-10-19
Action, Horror, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
A vampire hunter in southern California discovers that his son has been murdered by a gang of the un...
Out Standing
Released on: 2025-09-26
History, Drama
Officer Sandra Perron resigns from the Canadian military after a controversial photo surfaces. Adapt...
To Be Twenty in the Aures
Released on: 1972-05-12
Drama, War
A group of refractory and pacifist Bretons is sent to Algeria. These beings confronted with the horr...
The Ghost Story.
Released on: 2026-03-26
Documentary, Horror, Thriller, Drama, Fantasy
Everyone in town knows Simón's story, because like a rumor or an urban legend, it has been spreading...
The Olive Trees of Justice
Released on: 1962-06-06
Drama
The son of a French colonialist in Algeria returns to Algeria after learning that his father is ill....
Giant
Released on: 2026-01-08
Drama, History
Follows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffie...
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot
Released on: 2024-07-04
Drama
Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas...
The Informant!
Released on: 2009-09-18
Drama, Comedy, Crime
A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whis...
Bad Boy Bubby
Released on: 1993-09-01
Crime, Drama, Comedy
Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their...
Slacker
Released on: 1991-07-05
Drama, Comedy
Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the ...
Highway
Released on: 2002-03-26
Action, Adventure, Drama
Jack is caught with the wife of his employer, a Vegas thug. The thug sends goons after Jack, who con...
Tangier
Released on: 2006-03-15
Thriller, Drama
In August 1996, bus drivers Marcel Van Loock and Wim Moreels are apprehended by the Moroccan Customs...
One Roof, One Family
Released on: 1982-02-07
Family, Drama
Selim Mechoubine, a young man of 28, is the eldest of a large family. In the cramped accommodation h...
El Ouelf Essaïb
Released on: 1990-01-01
Comedy, Family
An Algerian music composer and his friends live a thrilling story, full of twists and turns.
Heart and Souls
Released on: 1993-08-13
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghos...
