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In the heart of Algiers during the winter of 2003, three women (a mother, her daughter and a prostitute) have been living in a hotel in the center of town amid creeping fundamentalism. Goucem, the daughter, has chosen a modern, emancipated life for herself by working for a photographer and spending steamy weekends in nightclubs. Fifi, her faithful friend, prostitutes herself under the thumb of a local protector. Papicha, the mother, eats pizzas in front of the television, torn between fear and nostalgia. With VIVA LALDJERIE, director Nadir Moknèche, known in Europe as the ‘Algerian Almodovar,’ weaves a richly drawn portrait of women exiled within their own country.
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