The Algerian Novel
2019, French. Directed by Katia Kameli.
Starting from a small kiosk of old postcards as a derisory memorial of Algerian history, the visual artist questions the role of images - or the absence of images - in the representation of the colonial heritage of Algeria, of decolonization and the dark years… in short, in the construction of his national novel. In three separate chapters, Katia Kameli delivers a reflection on the making of images or symbols (the flag!). In the enlightened company of the philosopher Marie-José Mondzain and extracts from films by Assia Djebar, she begins a critique that goes beyond the Algerian framework on our relationship to the stories, ideologies and images that shape them.
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- 1h 30m
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- French
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- 2 January 2019
- Original title
- Le Roman algérien
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The Algerian Novel isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 January 2019. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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The Algerian Novel (2019) was directed by Katia Kameli.