Until the Birds Return

En attendant les hirondelles
Karim Moussaoui
Part of

New Directors/New Films 2018

March 28 - April 8, 2018

In three tales, exciting newcomer Karim Moussaoui takes the pulse of modern-day Algiers, a country once riven by colonial occupation and sectarian warfare yet still abundant in beauty and promise.

DIRECTOR
Karim Moussaoui
YEAR
2017
COUNTRY
Algeria / France / Germany
RUNTIME
113 minutes
LANGUAGE
Arabic and French with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
En attendant les hirondelles

Q&As with Karim Moussaoui. Following the screening on 3/31, all ticket holders are invited to the LG Signature Lounge, featuring a complimentary bar, at the Walter Reade Theater.

A property developer is witness to random street violence. A pair of secret lovers make their way across the desert. A doctor is accused of having a criminal past. In these three interconnected tales, exciting newcomer Karim Moussaoui—whom critics at Cannes compared to Abbas Kiarostami and Leos Carax—takes the pulse of modern-day Algiers, a country once riven by colonial occupation and sectarian warfare yet still abundant in beauty and promise. A KimStim release.

Until the Birds Return
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