Montreal, White City
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FrenchMontréal la blanche
Directed byBachir Bensaddek
Written byBachir Bensaddek
Louis-François Grenier
Louis-François Grenier
Produced byCédric Bourdeau
Stéphane Tanguay
Stéphane Tanguay
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| French | Montréal la blanche |
| Directed by | Bachir Bensaddek |
| Written by | Bachir Bensaddek Louis-François Grenier |
| Produced by | Cédric Bourdeau Stéphane Tanguay |
| Starring | Karina Aktouf Rabah Aït Ouyahia |
| Cinematography | Alex Margineanu |
| Edited by | Patrick Demers |
| Music by | Nedjim Bouizzoul |
Production company | Productions Kinésis |
| Distributed by | K-Films Amérique |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | French Arabic |
Montreal, White City (French: Montréal la blanche) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2016.[1] The narrative feature film debut of documentarian and television director Bachir Bensaddek,[2] the film was based on his own earlier theatrical play.[3]
The film centres on Kahina (Karina Aktouf), a former Algerian pop star who abandoned the country during the Algerian Civil War and emigrated to Canada to live in peace and privacy. One Christmas Eve, however, she gets into a taxi driven by Amokrane (Rabah Aït Ouyahia), a more recent Algerian immigrant who recognizes her, forcing each to confront questions of personal identity and cultural assimilation as their personal stories and dramas collide.[1]
