Director
Samir Ramdani
Phone
+33 6 64 09 45 42Samir Ramdani is an artist who mainly makes fiction films. In his films, he tackles themes such as racism, social issues and, in general, the relationships of domination at play in our society. What makes them special is their whimsical treatment of these themes. He draws on popular cinematic grammar such as zombie films, science fiction and fantasy cinema. His films are also characterized by a singular formal research in the creation of analog special effects. By using widely shared cultural codes, the author gives his films every opportunity to provoke debate around the issues that are dear to him.
DAW
SYNOPSIS
In the midst of the Algerian war of independence, French police killed around a hundred civilians who
demonstrated peacefully in the streets of Paris, in reaction to the curfew imposed on all
Arab citizens. Many were thrown into the Seine.
DAW takes place 60 years later, somewhere in the suburbs, when a group of teenagers go missing.
mysteriously. Part police investigation, part fantasy, the film looks back at the massacre of the 17th.
October 1961 and questions of memory.
