Until The Birds Return
2017, French. Directed by Karim Moussaoui.
Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment and an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings. Three stories that plunge us into the human soul of a contemporary Arab society.
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
- Rated
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- Released
- 8 November 2017
- Original title
- En Attendant Les Hirondelles
- Country
- Algeria, Germany, Qatar, France
- Written by
- Maud Ameline, Karim Moussaoui
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Until The Birds Return runs 113 minutes (1h 53m).
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Until The Birds Return is streaming on OVID in India. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Until The Birds Return?
Until The Birds Return (2017) was directed by Karim Moussaoui and stars Mohamed Djouhari, Hassan Kachach, Aure Atika.