Until The Birds Return

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Until The Birds Return

2017

1h 53m

6.3(18 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

56 members

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Mohamed Djouhari

Mourad

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Hassan Kechache

Dahman

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Aure Atika

Rasha

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Hania Amar

Aïcha

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Sonia Mekkiou

Lila

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Mehdi Ramdani

Djalil

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Nadia Kaci

La Femme

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Chawki Amari

Tayeb

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Lamri Kaouane

Kamel

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Abdelaziz Zeghbib

Le Marchand

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Zineddine Hamdouche

Nacim

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Saadia Gacem

Nadjla

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Hamid Ben Si Amor

Sadek

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Samir Elhakim

Le frère de la femme

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Mohamed Lamine

L'enfant de la femme

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Toufik Mezaache

Le directeur

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Aziz Boukrouni

Akli

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Sensabyl Beghdadi

Brahim

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Imene Amani

Lamia

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Abdelmadjid Kellou

Le serveur du bar

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Hamid Boughrara

Le serveur du restaurant

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Abdelaziz El Ksouri

Le musicien de la colline

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Smail Senoussi

Le réceptionniste

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Mohamed Zeghdoud

Le paysan

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Sami Maziqh

Le fils du paysan

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Nawel Zeddam

Radia- la femme de Dahman

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Thimoté Petter

Un musicien

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Laurence Vergnaud

Un musicien

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Fethi Nadjem

Un musicien

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Nazim Ziad

Un musicien

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Mohammed Shihadeh

Un musicien

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Karim Kouadria

Un musicien

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Lamari Amine

Un musicien

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Aniss Bosli

Un musicien

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Soraya Benaïcha

Une danseuse

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Ania Kaci

Une danseuse

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Lamya Amrani

Une danseuse

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Wissame Boudries

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Tamila Kasmi

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Bouchra Hardoum

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Salima Slimane

Une danseuse

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Aymen Belaid

Une danseur

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Amine Zeboudj

Une danseur

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Adel Debah

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Walid Harrat

Un danseur

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Borhane Sahnoune

Un danseur

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Walid Lahrir

Un danseur

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Toufik Azouz

Un danseur

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Fares Ayad

Un danseur

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Bilal Bessekri

Un danseur

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Mohamed Aziz Khalfallah

Un danseur

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Rayssa Maameri

Une danseuse

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Céline Slimane

Une danseuse

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Salah Ounissi

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Abdenour Guendouz

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Abdelhafid Ghalmi

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